K-type star · orange

HR 775

HR 775 is an orange in the constellation Cetus 329 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,745 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 29.03× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 329 years ago.

329 lybrightness mag 6.21G9III

Also catalogued as HD 16467 · HIP 12318

4,745 K
temperature
6.21
apparent magnitude
29.03× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G9III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
329 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
29.03×
the Sun's light output
1.19
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.