K-type star · orange

HR 1096

HR 1096 is an orange in the constellation Reticulum 468 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,656 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 48.48× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 468 years ago.

468 lybrightness mag 6.42K0III

Also catalogued as HD 22382 · HIP 16531

4,656 K
temperature
6.42
apparent magnitude
48.48× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
468 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
48.48×
the Sun's light output
0.64
absolute magnitude
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HR 1096K-type
Sky regionReticulumthis direction
StarGamma Ret29 ly
StarTheta Ret47 ly
StarHD 1829252 ly
StarRhombusstar
StarBeta Retstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Reticulum

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.