K-type star · orange

HR 1531

HR 1531 is an orange in the constellation Mensa 514 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,559 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 82.41× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 514 years ago.

514 lybrightness mag 6.05K2III

Also catalogued as HD 30479 · HIP 21611

4,559 K
temperature
6.05
apparent magnitude
82.41× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
514 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
82.41×
the Sun's light output
0.06
absolute magnitude
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HR 1531K-type
Sky regionMensathis direction
StarMu Men63 ly
StarHR 127171 ly
StarTheta Hyi76 ly
StarHoerikwaggostar
StarGamma Menstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Mensa
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Mensa

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.