K-type star · orange

HR 1222

HR 1222 is an orange in the constellation Taurus 1,042 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,997 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 297× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,042 years ago.

1,042 lybrightness mag 6.19K0

Also catalogued as HD 24802 · HIP 18508

3,997 K
temperature
6.19
apparent magnitude
297× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,042 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
297×
the Sun's light output
-1.33
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Taurus

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.