K-type star · orange

HR 411

HR 411 is an orange in the constellation Phoenix 845 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,468 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 183× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 845 years ago.

845 lybrightness mag 6.26K1II

Also catalogued as HD 8681 · HIP 6595

4,468 K
temperature
6.26
apparent magnitude
183× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
845 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
183×
the Sun's light output
-0.81
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Phoenix

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.