K-type star · orange

HR 1682

HR 1682 is an orange in the constellation Mensa 894 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,768 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 199× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 894 years ago.

894 lybrightness mag 6.29K5/M0III

Also catalogued as HD 33519 · HIP 23251

3,768 K
temperature
6.29
apparent magnitude
199× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5/M0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
894 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
199×
the Sun's light output
-0.90
absolute magnitude
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HR 1682K-type
Sky regionMensathis direction
StarIota Men49 ly
StarBeta Men140 ly
StarHR 1154150 ly
StarHoerikwaggostar
StarGamma Menstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Mensa
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Mensa

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.