K-type star · orange

HD 25904

HD 25904 is an orange in the constellation Cepheus 1,042 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,874 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 247× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,042 years ago.

1,042 lybrightness mag 6.39K0

Also catalogued as HIP 20039

4,874 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
247× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,042 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
247×
the Sun's light output
-1.13
absolute magnitude
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HD 25904K-type
Sky regionCepheusthis direction
StarHR 131775 ly
StarHR 572140 ly
StarHR 2709220 ly
StarAlderaminstar
StarErraistar
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Bright stars in Cepheus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cepheus

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.