K-type star · orange

HR 742

HR 742 is an orange in the constellation Fornax 471 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,679 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 55.77× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 471 years ago.

471 lybrightness mag 6.28K0III

Also catalogued as HD 15889 · HIP 11802

4,679 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
55.77× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
471 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
55.77×
the Sun's light output
0.48
absolute magnitude
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HR 742K-type
Sky regionFornaxthis direction
StarEta³ For33 ly
StarEta² For36 ly
StarEta¹ For39 ly
StarDalimstar
StarBeta Forstar
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Bright stars in Fornax
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.