K-type star · orange

HR 865

HR 865 is an orange in the constellation Perseus 1,042 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,113 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 338× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,042 years ago.

1,042 lybrightness mag 6.05K3III:

Also catalogued as HD 18155 · HIP 13713

4,113 K
temperature
6.05
apparent magnitude
338× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,042 years
at light speed from Earth
0.71×
as hot as the Sun
338×
the Sun's light output
-1.47
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.0To 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.