K-type star · orange

HD 174407

HD 174407 is an orange in the constellation Corona Australis 681 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,908 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 97.99× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 681 years ago.

681 lybrightness mag 6.47K3III

Also catalogued as HIP 92608

3,908 K
temperature
6.47
apparent magnitude
97.99× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
681 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
97.99×
the Sun's light output
-0.13
absolute magnitude
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HD 174407K-type
Sky regionCorona Australisthis direction
StarHD 17539537 ly
StarHR 699152 ly
StarDelta¹ Tel73 ly
StarBeta CrAstar
StarMeridianastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Corona Australis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Corona Australis

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.