K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 807

HR 807 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Eridanus 136 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,062 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 5.51× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 136 years ago.

136 lybrightness mag 6.09G8IV

Also catalogued as HD 17006 · HIP 12611

5,062 K
temperature
6.09
apparent magnitude
5.51× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
136 years
at light speed from Earth
0.88×
as hot as the Sun
5.51×
the Sun's light output
3.00
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Eridanus

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.