K-type star · orange

13 Lyn

13 Lyn is an orange in the constellation Lynx 211 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,831 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 26.64× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.3 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 211 years ago.

211 lybrightness mag 5.34K0III

Also catalogued as HR 2477 · HD 48432 · HIP 32489

4,831 K
temperature
5.34
apparent magnitude
26.64× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
211 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
26.64×
the Sun's light output
1.29
absolute magnitude
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13 LynK-type
Sky regionLynxthis direction
Star12 Lyn9.2 ly
Star18 Lyn20 ly
Star45 Aur25 ly
StarAlpha Lynstar
Star38 Lynstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Lynx
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.3To see it no equipment neededLook toward Lynx

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.