K-type star · orange
HR 1727
HR 1727 is an orange in the constellation Pictor 617 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,964 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 121× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 617 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 34347 · HIP 24384
3,964 K
temperature
6.03
apparent magnitude
121× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
617 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
121×
the Sun's light output
-0.35
absolute magnitude
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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.