K-type star · orange

27 Dra

27 Dra is an orange in the constellation Draco 211 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,565 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 34.17× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 211 years ago.

211 lybrightness mag 5.07K0III

Also catalogued as HR 6566 · HD 159966 · HIP 85805

4,565 K
temperature
5.07
apparent magnitude
34.17× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
211 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
34.17×
the Sun's light output
1.02
absolute magnitude
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27 DraK-type
Sky regionDracothis direction
Star20 Dra25 ly
StarHR 701326 ly
Star41 Dra44 ly
StarEltaninstar
StarAthebynestar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Draco
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Draco

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.