K-type star · orange

HR 959

HR 959 is an orange in the constellation Hydrus 334 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,716 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 32.54× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 334 years ago.

334 lybrightness mag 6.12K1III

Also catalogued as HD 19940 · HIP 14547

4,716 K
temperature
6.12
apparent magnitude
32.54× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
334 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
32.54×
the Sun's light output
1.07
absolute magnitude
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HR 959K-type
Sky regionHydrusthis direction
StarNu Hyi35 ly
StarKappa Hyi36 ly
StarHR 123644 ly
StarBeta Hyistar
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Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydrus

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.