K-type star · orange

HR 1994

HR 1994 is an orange in the constellation Camelopardalis 462 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,853 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 56.81× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 462 years ago.

462 lybrightness mag 6.22G9III

Also catalogued as HD 38645 · HIP 27795

4,853 K
temperature
6.22
apparent magnitude
56.81× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G9III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
462 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
56.81×
the Sun's light output
0.46
absolute magnitude
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HR 1994K-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHR 204133 ly
StarHD 3805842 ly
StarHR 167569 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Camelopardalis

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.