K-type star · orange

HR 426

HR 426 is an orange in the constellation Pisces 374 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,485 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 37.15× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 374 years ago.

374 lybrightness mag 6.22K1IIIvar

Also catalogued as HD 8949 · HIP 6868

4,485 K
temperature
6.22
apparent magnitude
37.15× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1IIIvar
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
374 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
37.15×
the Sun's light output
0.93
absolute magnitude
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HR 426K-type
Sky regionPiscesthis direction
StarNu Psc28 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pisces

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.