K-type star · orange

HR 1870

HR 1870 is an orange in the constellation Pictor 548 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,036 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 111× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 548 years ago.

548 lybrightness mag 5.86K3III

Also catalogued as HD 36734 · HIP 25887

4,036 K
temperature
5.86
apparent magnitude
111× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
548 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
111×
the Sun's light output
-0.27
absolute magnitude
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HR 1870K-type
Sky regionPictorthis direction
StarHR 192745 ly
StarHD 3778164 ly
StarTheta Pic70 ly
StarAlpha Picstar
StarGamma Picstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pictor
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Pictor

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.