K-type star · orange

23 Lyn

23 Lyn is an orange in the constellation Lynx 698 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,886 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 146× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 698 years ago.

698 lybrightness mag 6.09K5III

Also catalogued as HR 2929 · HD 61106 · HIP 37406

3,886 K
temperature
6.09
apparent magnitude
146× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
698 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
146×
the Sun's light output
-0.56
absolute magnitude
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23 LynK-type
Sky regionLynxthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.