K-type star · orange

HR 876

HR 876 is an orange in the constellation Perseus 588 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,945 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 107× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 588 years ago.

588 lybrightness mag 6.06K3III

Also catalogued as HD 18339 · HIP 13832

3,945 K
temperature
6.06
apparent magnitude
107× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
588 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
107×
the Sun's light output
-0.22
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.1To 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.