K-type star · orange

HR 703

HR 703 is an orange in the constellation Fornax 615 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,084 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 81.58× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 615 years ago.

615 lybrightness mag 6.45K3III

Also catalogued as HD 14988 · HIP 11212

4,084 K
temperature
6.45
apparent magnitude
81.58× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
615 years
at light speed from Earth
0.71×
as hot as the Sun
81.58×
the Sun's light output
0.07
absolute magnitude
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HR 703K-type
Sky regionFornaxthis direction
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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.