K-type star · orange

HR 1154

HR 1154 is an orange in the constellation Mensa 752 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,409 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 141× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 752 years ago.

752 lybrightness mag 6.29K2III

Also catalogued as HD 23474 · HIP 16827

4,409 K
temperature
6.29
apparent magnitude
141× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
752 years
at light speed from Earth
0.76×
as hot as the Sun
141×
the Sun's light output
-0.52
absolute magnitude
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HR 1154K-type
Sky regionMensathis direction
StarEta Men110 ly
StarBeta Men130 ly
StarIota Men130 ly
StarHoerikwaggostar
StarGamma Menstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Mensa
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Mensa

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.