K-type star · orange
HR 405
HR 405 is an orange in the constellation Cetus 387 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,933 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 41.73× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 387 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 8589 · HIP 6589
4,933 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
41.73× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III/IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
387 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
41.73×
the Sun's light output
0.80
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.