K-type star · orange

HR 1498

HR 1498 is an orange in the constellation Pictor 698 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,084 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 105× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 698 years ago.

698 lybrightness mag 6.45K2III

Also catalogued as HD 29805 · HIP 21666

4,084 K
temperature
6.45
apparent magnitude
105× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
698 years
at light speed from Earth
0.71×
as hot as the Sun
105×
the Sun's light output
-0.20
absolute magnitude
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HR 1498K-type
Sky regionPictorthis direction
StarDelta Cae84 ly
StarHR 174294 ly
StarHR 1727100 ly
StarAlpha Picstar
StarGamma Picstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pictor
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pictor

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.