K-type star · orange

HR 1117

HR 1117 is an orange in the constellation Eridanus 357 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,670 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 34.83× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 357 years ago.

357 lybrightness mag 6.19G5

Also catalogued as HD 22799 · HIP 17057

4,670 K
temperature
6.19
apparent magnitude
34.83× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
357 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
34.83×
the Sun's light output
0.99
absolute magnitude
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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.