K-type star · orange

HR 1733

HR 1733 is an orange in the constellation Auriga 807 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,067 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 135× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 807 years ago.

807 lybrightness mag 6.49K0

Also catalogued as HD 34498 · HIP 24881

4,067 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
135× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
807 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
135×
the Sun's light output
-0.48
absolute magnitude
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HR 1733K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To 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.