K-type star · orange

HR 1534

HR 1534 is an orange in the constellation Orion 687 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,309 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 148× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 687 years ago.

687 lybrightness mag 6.04K1III

Also catalogued as HD 30545 · HIP 22354

4,309 K
temperature
6.04
apparent magnitude
148× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
687 years
at light speed from Earth
0.75×
as hot as the Sun
148×
the Sun's light output
-0.58
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Orion

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.