K-type star · orange

HR 766

HR 766 is an orange in the constellation Cetus 296 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,649 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 34.01× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 296 years ago.

296 lybrightness mag 5.81K0III:

Also catalogued as HD 16247 · HIP 12148

4,649 K
temperature
5.81
apparent magnitude
34.01× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
296 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
34.01×
the Sun's light output
1.02
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HR 766K-type
Sky regionCetusthis direction
StarHR 77540 ly
StarHR 73241 ly
StarHR 72541 ly
StarDiphdastar
StarMenkarstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Cetus
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook 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.