K-type star · orange

HR 1270

HR 1270 is an orange in the constellation Camelopardalis 1,394 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,489 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 485× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,394 years ago.

1,394 lybrightness mag 6.29G8II

Also catalogued as HD 25877 · HIP 19412

4,489 K
temperature
6.29
apparent magnitude
485× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,394 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
485×
the Sun's light output
-1.86
absolute magnitude
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HR 1270K-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHR 129663 ly
StarHR 120584 ly
StarHR 829300 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.