K-type star · orange

HR 974

HR 974 is an orange in the constellation Fornax 408 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,646 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 46.43× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 408 years ago.

408 lybrightness mag 6.17K1IICN...

Also catalogued as HD 20176 · HIP 15024

4,646 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
46.43× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1IICN...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
408 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
46.43×
the Sun's light output
0.68
absolute magnitude
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HR 974K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Fornax

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.