K-type star · orange

HR 1301

HR 1301 is an orange in the constellation Perseus 493 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,674 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 51.48× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 493 years ago.

493 lybrightness mag 6.47G9III

Also catalogued as HD 26605 · HIP 19746

4,674 K
temperature
6.47
apparent magnitude
51.48× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G9III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
493 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
51.48×
the Sun's light output
0.57
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Perseus

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.