K-type star · orange

HR 1386

HR 1386 is an orange in the constellation Eridanus 921 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,228 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 195× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 921 years ago.

921 lybrightness mag 6.38K1III

Also catalogued as HD 27941 · HIP 20467

4,228 K
temperature
6.38
apparent magnitude
195× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
921 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
195×
the Sun's light output
-0.88
absolute magnitude
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HR 1386K-type
Sky regionEridanusthis direction
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Brightness mag 6.4To 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.