K-type star · orange

HR 392

HR 392 is an orange in the constellation Cetus 692 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,821 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 129× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 692 years ago.

692 lybrightness mag 6.21M0III

Also catalogued as HD 8334 · HIP 6432

3,821 K
temperature
6.21
apparent magnitude
129× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
692 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
129×
the Sun's light output
-0.42
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cetus

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.