K-type star · orange

HR 73

HR 73 is an orange in the constellation Phoenix 367 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,289 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 32.36× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 367 years ago.

367 lybrightness mag 6.33K2III

Also catalogued as HD 1483 · HIP 1502

4,289 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
32.36× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
367 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
32.36×
the Sun's light output
1.07
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.