K-type star · orange

HR 1095

HR 1095 is an orange in the constellation Fornax 1,152 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,944 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 302× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,152 years ago.

1,152 lybrightness mag 6.39K3III

Also catalogued as HD 22322 · HIP 16672

3,944 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
302× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,152 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
302×
the Sun's light output
-1.35
absolute magnitude
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HR 1095K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Fornax

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.