K-type star · orange

HD 371

HD 371 is an orange in the constellation Cassiopeia 1,204 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,748 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 324× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,204 years ago.

1,204 lybrightness mag 6.41G3II

Also catalogued as HIP 695

4,748 K
temperature
6.41
apparent magnitude
324× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G3II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,204 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
324×
the Sun's light output
-1.43
absolute magnitude
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HD 371K-type
Sky regionCassiopeiathis direction
StarHR 906396 ly
StarHR 181160 ly
Star1 Cas180 ly
StarCihstar
StarSchedarstar
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cassiopeia

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.