K-type star · orange

HR 659

HR 659 is an orange in the constellation Phoenix 345 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,828 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 42.11× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 345 years ago.

345 lybrightness mag 5.91G9III

Also catalogued as HD 13940 · HIP 10440

4,828 K
temperature
5.91
apparent magnitude
42.11× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G9III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
345 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
42.11×
the Sun's light output
0.79
absolute magnitude
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HR 659K-type
Sky regionPhoenixthis direction
StarHR 63627 ly
StarHR 55434 ly
StarPsi Phe38 ly
StarAnkaastar
StarBeta Phestar
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Bright stars in Phoenix
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Phoenix

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.