K-type star · orange

HR 1241

HR 1241 is an orange in the constellation Camelopardalis 625 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,730 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 142× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 625 years ago.

625 lybrightness mag 5.88K2III

Also catalogued as HD 25274 · HIP 19129

3,730 K
temperature
5.88
apparent magnitude
142× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
625 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
142×
the Sun's light output
-0.53
absolute magnitude
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HR 1241K-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHR 151071 ly
StarHR 92281 ly
StarHR 96793 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To 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.