K-type star · orange

HR 1681

HR 1681 is an orange in the constellation Orion 325 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,519 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 31.13× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 325 years ago.

325 lybrightness mag 6.11K0III

Also catalogued as HD 33419 · HIP 24041

4,519 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
31.13× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
325 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
31.13×
the Sun's light output
1.12
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.1To 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.