K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 1954

HR 1954 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Taurus 325 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,321 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 24.96× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 325 years ago.

325 lybrightness mag 6.35K2

Also catalogued as HD 37784 · HIP 26853

4,321 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
24.96× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
325 years
at light speed from Earth
0.75×
as hot as the Sun
24.96×
the Sun's light output
1.36
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Taurus

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.