K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 1936

HR 1936 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Dorado 311 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,149 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 23.46× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 311 years ago.

311 lybrightness mag 6.32G5IV

Also catalogued as HD 37501 · HIP 26190

5,149 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
23.46× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
311 years
at light speed from Earth
0.89×
as hot as the Sun
23.46×
the Sun's light output
1.42
absolute magnitude
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HR 1936K-type
Sky regionDoradothis direction
StarHR 234533 ly
StarEta¹ Dor35 ly
StarHR 240842 ly
StarAlpha Dorstar
StarBeta Dorstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Dorado
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Dorado

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.