K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 406

HR 406 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Cetus 249 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,843 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 17.28× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 249 years ago.

249 lybrightness mag 6.17G8III

Also catalogued as HD 8599 · HIP 6605

4,843 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
17.28× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
249 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
17.28×
the Sun's light output
1.76
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.