K-type star · orange

HR 1904

HR 1904 is an orange in the constellation Auriga 503 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,111 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 59.10× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 503 years ago.

503 lybrightness mag 6.36K0

Also catalogued as HD 37138 · HIP 26463

4,111 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
59.10× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
503 years
at light speed from Earth
0.71×
as hot as the Sun
59.10×
the Sun's light output
0.42
absolute magnitude
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HR 1904K-type
Sky regionAurigathis direction
StarUpsilon Aur46 ly
StarSigma Aur53 ly
StarPhi Aur53 ly
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Auriga

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.