K-type star · orange

HR 36

HR 36 is an orange in the constellation Andromeda 659 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,844 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 120× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 659 years ago.

659 lybrightness mag 6.18K4III

Also catalogued as HD 743 · HIP 967

3,844 K
temperature
6.18
apparent magnitude
120× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
659 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
120×
the Sun's light output
-0.35
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.