K-type star · orange

HR 376

HR 376 is an orange in the constellation Andromeda 2,160 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,022 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,164× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,160 years ago.

2,160 lybrightness mag 6.29K0

Also catalogued as HD 7758 · HIP 6087

4,022 K
temperature
6.29
apparent magnitude
1,164× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,160 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
1,164×
the Sun's light output
-2.81
absolute magnitude
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HR 376K-type
Sky regionAndromedathis direction
StarHR 164260 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.