K-type star · orange

HD 203607

HD 203607 is an orange in the constellation Capricornus 870 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,466 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 160× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 870 years ago.

870 lybrightness mag 6.47K1III

Also catalogued as HIP 105646

4,466 K
temperature
6.47
apparent magnitude
160× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
870 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
160×
the Sun's light output
-0.66
absolute magnitude
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HD 203607K-type
Sky regionCapricornusthis direction
StarHR 8172100 ly
StarOmega Cap110 ly
StarHR 8050120 ly
StarDeneb Algedistar
StarDabihstar
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Bright stars in Capricornus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Capricornus

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.