K-type star · orange

HR 249

HR 249 is an orange in the constellation Andromeda 352 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,432 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 37.84× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 352 years ago.

352 lybrightness mag 6.07K3III:

Also catalogued as HD 5118 · HIP 4185

4,432 K
temperature
6.07
apparent magnitude
37.84× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
352 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
37.84×
the Sun's light output
0.91
absolute magnitude
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HR 249K-type
Sky regionAndromedathis direction
Star32 And20 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Andromeda

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.