K-type star · orange

HR 1584

HR 1584 is an orange in the constellation Caelum 1,231 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,913 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 446× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,231 years ago.

1,231 lybrightness mag 6.11K3III

Also catalogued as HD 31529 · HIP 22847

3,913 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
446× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,231 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
446×
the Sun's light output
-1.77
absolute magnitude
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HR 1584K-type
Sky regionCaelumthis direction
StarHR 1429120 ly
StarHR 1772270 ly
StarHR 2117270 ly
StarAlpha Caestar
StarGamma¹ Caestar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.