K-type star · orange dwarf
HR 148
HR 148 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Phoenix 231 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,740 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 16.73× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 231 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 3303 · HIP 2789
4,740 K
temperature
6.04
apparent magnitude
16.73× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
231 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
16.73×
the Sun's light output
1.79
absolute magnitude
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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.