K-type star · orange

HR 1206

HR 1206 is an orange in the constellation Eridanus 889 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,089 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 212× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 889 years ago.

889 lybrightness mag 6.21K0/K1III+..

Also catalogued as HD 24497 · HIP 18173

5,089 K
temperature
6.21
apparent magnitude
212× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0/K1III+..
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
889 years
at light speed from Earth
0.88×
as hot as the Sun
212×
the Sun's light output
-0.97
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
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.