K-type star · orange
HD 74685
HD 74685 is an orange in the constellation Hydra 533 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,255 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 61.15× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 533 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 42981
4,255 K
temperature
6.45
apparent magnitude
61.15× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
533 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
61.15×
the Sun's light output
0.38
absolute magnitude
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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.