K-type star · orange

HR 745

HR 745 is an orange in the constellation Cetus 372 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,515 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 37.91× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 372 years ago.

372 lybrightness mag 6.19K1III

Also catalogued as HD 15996 · HIP 11907

4,515 K
temperature
6.19
apparent magnitude
37.91× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
372 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
37.91×
the Sun's light output
0.90
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cetus

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.