K-type star · orange

HR 356

HR 356 is an orange in the constellation Pisces 378 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,791 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 37.39× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 378 years ago.

378 lybrightness mag 6.24G1V...

Also catalogued as HD 7229 · HIP 5679

4,791 K
temperature
6.24
apparent magnitude
37.39× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G1V...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
378 years
at light speed from Earth
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
37.39×
the Sun's light output
0.92
absolute magnitude
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HR 356K-type
Sky regionPiscesthis direction
Star91 Psc31 ly
StarHR 34135 ly
StarHR 37136 ly
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StarGamma Pscstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pisces

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.