K-type star · orange

HR 1823

HR 1823 is an orange in the constellation Lepus 391 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,667 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 46.30× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 391 years ago.

391 lybrightness mag 6.08K0III

Also catalogued as HD 35991 · HIP 25532

4,667 K
temperature
6.08
apparent magnitude
46.30× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
391 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
46.30×
the Sun's light output
0.69
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lepus

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.