K-type star · orange

HR 1116

HR 1116 is an orange in the constellation Eridanus 435 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,646 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 50.49× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 435 years ago.

435 lybrightness mag 6.22G5

Also catalogued as HD 22798 · HIP 17086

4,646 K
temperature
6.22
apparent magnitude
50.49× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
435 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
50.49×
the Sun's light output
0.59
absolute magnitude
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HR 1116K-type
Sky regionEridanusthis direction
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Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Eridanus

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.