K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 966

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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HR 966K-type
Sky regionPerseusthis direction
Star20 Per25 ly
StarHR 117027 ly
StarHR 93337 ly
StarMirfakstar
Star44Zet Perstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Perseus
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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.