K-type star · orange

HR 1446

HR 1446 is an orange in the constellation Taurus 558 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,601 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 100× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 558 years ago.

558 lybrightness mag 6.01G8III

Also catalogued as HD 28930 · HIP 21269

4,601 K
temperature
6.01
apparent magnitude
100× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
558 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
100×
the Sun's light output
-0.15
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.0To 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.