K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 1274

HR 1274 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Eridanus 289 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,949 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 19.90× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 289 years ago.

289 lybrightness mag 6.34G8/K0III

Also catalogued as HD 25944 · HIP 19111

4,949 K
temperature
6.34
apparent magnitude
19.90× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8/K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
289 years
at light speed from Earth
0.86×
as hot as the Sun
19.90×
the Sun's light output
1.60
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Eridanus

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.