K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 920

HR 920 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Perseus 252 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,628 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 18.88× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 252 years ago.

252 lybrightness mag 6.10G9III

Also catalogued as HD 18991 · HIP 14392

4,628 K
temperature
6.10
apparent magnitude
18.88× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G9III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
252 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
18.88×
the Sun's light output
1.66
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
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.