M-type star · red

HR 700

HR 700 is a red in the constellation Fornax 884 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,660 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 165× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 884 years ago.

884 lybrightness mag 6.47K2III

Also catalogued as HD 14890 · HIP 11121

3,660 K
temperature
6.47
apparent magnitude
165× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
884 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
165×
the Sun's light output
-0.69
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Fornax

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.