K-type star · orange

HR 609

889 lybrightness mag 6.24K4III

Also catalogued as HD 12594 · HIP 9627

3,912 K

temperature

6.24

apparent magnitude

206× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K4III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

889 years

at light speed from Earth

0.68×

as hot as the Sun

206×

the Sun's light output

-0.94

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 609K-type

Sky regionAriesthis direction

Nearest stars

11 Ari →120 ly apart
24Xi Ari →140 ly apart
16 Ari →170 ly apart
HR 644 →170 ly apart
HR 614 →170 ly apart
42Pi Ari →190 ly apart

Bright stars in Aries

Hamal →mag 2.0
Sheratan →mag 2.6
Bharani →mag 3.6
Mesarthim →mag 3.9
Botein →mag 4.3
Lilii Borea →mag 4.5
48Eps Ari →mag 4.6
35 Ari →mag 4.7

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aries

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.