K-type star · orange

HR 1694

HR 1694 is an orange in the constellation Lepus 757 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,220 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 129× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 757 years ago.

757 lybrightness mag 6.40K1III/IV

Also catalogued as HD 33667 · HIP 24114

4,220 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
129× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III/IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
757 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
129×
the Sun's light output
-0.43
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lepus

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.