K-type star · orange

HR 3292

HR 3292 is an orange in the constellation Lynx 872 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,192 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 230× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 872 years ago.

872 lybrightness mag 6.08K0

Also catalogued as HD 70771 · HIP 41262

4,192 K
temperature
6.08
apparent magnitude
230× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
872 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
230×
the Sun's light output
-1.06
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lynx

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.