K-type star · orange

HR 1741

HR 1741 is an orange in the constellation Taurus 392 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,695 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 44.96× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 392 years ago.

392 lybrightness mag 6.12G8III+...

Also catalogued as HD 34579 · HIP 24820

4,695 K
temperature
6.12
apparent magnitude
44.96× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III+...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
392 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
44.96×
the Sun's light output
0.72
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Taurus

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.