K-type star · orange

HR 900

HR 900 is an orange in the constellation Fornax 464 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,640 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 61.66× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 464 years ago.

464 lybrightness mag 6.14K1III

Also catalogued as HD 18650 · HIP 13907

4,640 K
temperature
6.14
apparent magnitude
61.66× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
464 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
61.66×
the Sun's light output
0.38
absolute magnitude
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HR 900K-type
Sky regionFornaxthis direction
StarGamma² For19 ly
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StarGamma¹ For47 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Fornax

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.