K-type star · orange

HD 215562

HD 215562 is an orange in the constellation Tucana 738 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,293 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 113× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 738 years ago.

738 lybrightness mag 6.49K1III

Also catalogued as HIP 112533

4,293 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
113× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
738 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
113×
the Sun's light output
-0.28
absolute magnitude
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HD 215562K-type
Sky regionTucanathis direction
StarHR 899678 ly
StarHR 8286100 ly
StarHR 8855110 ly
StarLang-Exsterstar
StarGamma Tucstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Tucana
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Tucana

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.