K-type star · orange

HD 199642

HD 199642 is an orange in the constellation Indus 757 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,701 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 147× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 757 years ago.

757 lybrightness mag 6.26K5/M0III

Also catalogued as HIP 103693

3,701 K
temperature
6.26
apparent magnitude
147× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5/M0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
757 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
147×
the Sun's light output
-0.57
absolute magnitude
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HD 199642K-type
Sky regionIndusthis direction
StarHR 827186 ly
StarHR 7714110 ly
StarBeta Ind160 ly
StarAlpha Indstar
StarTheta Indstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Indus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Indus

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.