K-type star · orange

HR 1518

HR 1518 is an orange in the constellation Caelum 740 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,842 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 143× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 740 years ago.

740 lybrightness mag 6.24K3/K4III

Also catalogued as HD 30202 · HIP 21998

3,842 K
temperature
6.24
apparent magnitude
143× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3/K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
740 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
143×
the Sun's light output
-0.54
absolute magnitude
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HR 1518K-type
Sky regionCaelumthis direction
StarDelta Cae67 ly
StarHR 1793130 ly
StarHR 1498140 ly
StarAlpha Caestar
StarGamma¹ Caestar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Caelum

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.