K-type star · orange

HR 1447

HR 1447 is an orange in the constellation Eridanus 743 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,985 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 170× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 743 years ago.

743 lybrightness mag 6.06K0

Also catalogued as HD 28970 · HIP 21239

3,985 K
temperature
6.06
apparent magnitude
170× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
743 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
170×
the Sun's light output
-0.73
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.1To 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.