K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 966

HR 966 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Perseus 238 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,530 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 17.27× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 238 years ago.

238 lybrightness mag 6.07K2III

Also catalogued as HD 20063 · HIP 15118

4,530 K
temperature
6.07
apparent magnitude
17.27× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
238 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
17.27×
the Sun's light output
1.76
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.