K-type star · orange

HR 1400

HR 1400 is an orange in the constellation Taurus 344 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,543 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 31.16× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 344 years ago.

344 lybrightness mag 6.23K1III

Also catalogued as HD 28191 · HIP 20771

4,543 K
temperature
6.23
apparent magnitude
31.16× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
344 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
31.16×
the Sun's light output
1.12
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Taurus

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.