K-type star · orange

23 Cam

23 Cam is an orange in the constellation Camelopardalis 362 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,991 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 36.51× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 362 years ago.

362 lybrightness mag 6.17G5III:

Also catalogued as HR 1943 · HD 37638 · HIP 27046

4,991 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
36.51× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
362 years
at light speed from Earth
0.86×
as hot as the Sun
36.51×
the Sun's light output
0.94
absolute magnitude
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23 CamK-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
Star19 Cam18 ly
StarHR 168827 ly
Star37 Cam33 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Camelopardalis

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.