K-type star · orange

HR 1488

HR 1488 is an orange in the constellation Eridanus 717 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,884 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 151× 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 6.11K0

Also catalogued as HD 29610 · HIP 21718

4,884 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
151× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
717 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
151×
the Sun's light output
-0.60
absolute magnitude
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HR 1488K-type
Sky regionEridanusthis direction
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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.