K-type star · orange

HR 1667

HR 1667 is an orange in the constellation Pictor 826 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,714 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 175× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 826 years ago.

826 lybrightness mag 6.26M2III

Also catalogued as HD 33116 · HIP 23653

3,714 K
temperature
6.26
apparent magnitude
175× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
826 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
175×
the Sun's light output
-0.76
absolute magnitude
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HR 1667K-type
Sky regionPictorthis direction
StarHR 174277 ly
StarHR 1498140 ly
StarHR 2044160 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pictor
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pictor

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.