K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 112

HR 112 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Cassiopeia 126 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,042 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 4.36× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 126 years ago.

126 lybrightness mag 6.18K0IV

Also catalogued as HD 2589 · HIP 2422

5,042 K

temperature

6.18

apparent magnitude

4.36× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

126 years

at light speed from Earth

0.87×

as hot as the Sun

4.36×

the Sun's light output

3.25

absolute magnitude

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HR 112K-type

Sky regionCassiopeiathis direction

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Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cassiopeia

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.