K-type star · orange
HD 157969
HD 157969 is an orange in the constellation Serpens 444 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,417 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 41.38× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 444 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 85405
4,417 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
41.38× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0II/III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
444 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
41.38×
the Sun's light output
0.81
absolute magnitude
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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.