K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 1925

HR 1925 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Auriga 40.0 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,163 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.43× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 40 years ago.

40.0 lybrightness mag 6.21K1V

Also catalogued as HD 37394 · HIP 26779 · Gliese Gl 211

5,163 K
temperature
6.21
apparent magnitude
0.43× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
40 years
at light speed from Earth
0.89×
as hot as the Sun
0.43×
the Sun's light output
5.76
absolute magnitude
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HR 1925K-type
Sky regionAurigathis direction
StarGliese Gl 194B6.4 ly
StarLambda Aur9.9 ly
StarIota Per16 ly
StarMenkalinanstar
StarMahasimstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Auriga
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.