K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 374

HR 374 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Pisces 278 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,447 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 18.03× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 278 years ago.

278 lybrightness mag 6.36K0

Also catalogued as HD 7724 · HIP 6025

4,447 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
18.03× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
278 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
18.03×
the Sun's light output
1.71
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.4To 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.