K-type star · orange

HR 1725

HR 1725 is an orange in the constellation Auriga 730 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,973 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 142× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 730 years ago.

730 lybrightness mag 6.22K0

Also catalogued as HD 34332 · HIP 24771

3,973 K
temperature
6.22
apparent magnitude
142× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
730 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
142×
the Sun's light output
-0.53
absolute magnitude
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HR 1725K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Auriga

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.