K-type star · orange

HR 260

HR 260 is an orange in the constellation Cassiopeia 648 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,990 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 114× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 648 years ago.

648 lybrightness mag 6.20K3III

Also catalogued as HD 5343 · HIP 4383

3,990 K
temperature
6.20
apparent magnitude
114× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
648 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
114×
the Sun's light output
-0.29
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cassiopeia

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.