K-type star · orange

HR 1120

HR 1120 is an orange in the constellation Eridanus 651 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,048 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 100× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 651 years ago.

651 lybrightness mag 6.35G8/K0III+..

Also catalogued as HD 22905 · HIP 17136

5,048 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
100× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8/K0III+..
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
651 years
at light speed from Earth
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
100×
the Sun's light output
-0.15
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.