K-type star · orange

HR 1450

HR 1450 is an orange in the constellation Eridanus 717 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,977 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 154× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 717 years ago.

717 lybrightness mag 6.09K2III

Also catalogued as HD 29063 · HIP 21298

3,977 K
temperature
6.09
apparent magnitude
154× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
717 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
154×
the Sun's light output
-0.62
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.