K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 1362

HR 1362 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Eridanus 200 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,994 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 11.33× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 200 years ago.

200 lybrightness mag 6.15G8IV:

Also catalogued as HD 27536 · HIP 20263

4,994 K

temperature

6.15

apparent magnitude

11.33× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8IV:

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

200 years

at light speed from Earth

0.87×

as hot as the Sun

11.33×

the Sun's light output

2.21

absolute magnitude

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HR 1362K-type

Sky regionEridanusthis direction

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Bright stars in Eridanus

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Brightness mag 6.2To 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.