K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 857

HR 857 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Eridanus 33.8 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,101 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.35× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 34 years ago.

33.8 lybrightness mag 6.05K1V

Also catalogued as HD 17925 · HIP 13402 · Gliese Gl 117

5,101 K
temperature
6.05
apparent magnitude
0.35× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
34 years
at light speed from Earth
0.88×
as hot as the Sun
0.35×
the Sun's light output
5.97
absolute magnitude
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HR 857K-type
Sky regionEridanusthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.