K-type star · orange

HR 1205

HR 1205 is an orange in the constellation Camelopardalis 1,463 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,894 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,767× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,463 years ago.

1,463 lybrightness mag 4.99K3I-II

Also catalogued as HD 24480 · HIP 18488

3,894 K
temperature
4.99
apparent magnitude
1,767× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3I-II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,463 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
1,767×
the Sun's light output
-3.27
absolute magnitude
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HR 1205K-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHR 127084 ly
StarHR 1296120 ly
StarHR 829300 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Camelopardalis

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.