K-type star · orange

HR 751

HR 751 is an orange in the constellation Cetus 388 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,619 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 42.03× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 388 years ago.

388 lybrightness mag 6.17G6III:

Also catalogued as HD 16060 · HIP 12022

4,619 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
42.03× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G6III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
388 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
42.03×
the Sun's light output
0.79
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.