K-type star · orange

HD 222748

HD 222748 is an orange in the constellation Cassiopeia 535 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,663 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 62.12× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 535 years ago.

535 lybrightness mag 6.44K0

Also catalogued as HIP 116991

4,663 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
62.12× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
535 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
62.12×
the Sun's light output
0.37
absolute magnitude
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HD 222748K-type
Sky regionCassiopeiathis direction
Star8 And56 ly
StarHR 900057 ly
StarHR 9662 ly
StarCihstar
StarSchedarstar
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Bright stars in Cassiopeia
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cassiopeia

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.