K-type star · orange

HR 1965

HR 1965 is an orange in the constellation Lepus 801 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,990 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 182× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 801 years ago.

801 lybrightness mag 6.15K3III

Also catalogued as HD 38054 · HIP 26866

3,990 K
temperature
6.15
apparent magnitude
182× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
801 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
182×
the Sun's light output
-0.80
absolute magnitude
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HR 1965K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lepus

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.