K-type star · orange

HR 43

HR 43 is an orange in the constellation Sculptor 865 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,809 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 214× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 865 years ago.

865 lybrightness mag 6.14K4III

Also catalogued as HD 943 · HIP 1099

3,809 K
temperature
6.14
apparent magnitude
214× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
865 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
214×
the Sun's light output
-0.98
absolute magnitude
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HR 43K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Sculptor

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.