K-type star · orange

HR 792

HR 792 is an orange in the constellation Perseus 1,305 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,430 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 421× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,305 years ago.

1,305 lybrightness mag 6.30G5

Also catalogued as HD 16780 · HIP 12690

4,430 K
temperature
6.30
apparent magnitude
421× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,305 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
421×
the Sun's light output
-1.71
absolute magnitude
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HR 792K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Perseus

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.