K-type star · orange

13 Leo

13 Leo is an orange in the constellation Leo 552 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,211 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 78.13× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 552 years ago.

552 lybrightness mag 6.26K2III:

Also catalogued as HR 3853 · HD 83821 · HIP 47550

4,211 K
temperature
6.26
apparent magnitude
78.13× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
552 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
78.13×
the Sun's light output
0.12
absolute magnitude
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13 LeoK-type
Sky regionLeothis direction
StarHD 8468026 ly
StarHR 380455 ly
StarHR 382056 ly
StarAlgiebastar
StarZosmastar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Leo

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.