K-type star · orange
HD 217590
HD 217590 is an orange in the constellation Pisces 412 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,816 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 36.85× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 412 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 113705
4,816 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
36.85× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
412 years
at light speed from Earth
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
36.85×
the Sun's light output
0.93
absolute magnitude
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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.