K-type star · orange
HR 161
HR 161 is an orange in the constellation Pisces 728 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,053 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 116× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 728 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 3457 · HIP 2954
4,053 K
temperature
6.43
apparent magnitude
116× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
728 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
116×
the Sun's light output
-0.31
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.