K-type star · orange

HR 1703

HR 1703 is an orange in the constellation Orion 1,004 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,850 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 242× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,004 years ago.

1,004 lybrightness mag 6.33M0V

Also catalogued as HD 33946 · HIP 24377

3,850 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
242× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,004 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
242×
the Sun's light output
-1.11
absolute magnitude
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HR 1703K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.