K-type star · orange

HD 211660

HD 211660 is an orange in the constellation Lacerta 746 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,635 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 119× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 746 years ago.

746 lybrightness mag 6.46K0

Also catalogued as HIP 110055

4,635 K
temperature
6.46
apparent magnitude
119× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
746 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
119×
the Sun's light output
-0.34
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lacerta

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.