K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 1614

HR 1614 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Eridanus 28.4 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,628 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.21× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 28 years ago.

28.4 lybrightness mag 6.22K3V

Also catalogued as HD 32147 · HIP 23311 · Gliese Gl 183

4,628 K
temperature
6.22
apparent magnitude
0.21× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
28 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
0.21×
the Sun's light output
6.52
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Eridanus

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.