K-type star · orange

HR 1431

HR 1431 is an orange in the constellation Eridanus 469 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,740 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 58.45× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 469 years ago.

469 lybrightness mag 6.22K0III

Also catalogued as HD 28625 · HIP 20997

4,740 K
temperature
6.22
apparent magnitude
58.45× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
469 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
58.45×
the Sun's light output
0.43
absolute magnitude
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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.