K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 396

HR 396 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Andromeda 185 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,195 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 8.60× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 185 years ago.

185 lybrightness mag 6.28G8IV

Also catalogued as HD 8375 · HIP 6512

5,195 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
8.60× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
185 years
at light speed from Earth
0.90×
as hot as the Sun
8.60×
the Sun's light output
2.51
absolute magnitude
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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.