K-type star · orange dwarf

36 And

36 And is an orange dwarf in the constellation Andromeda 124 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,714 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 8.23× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.5 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 124 years ago.

124 lybrightness mag 5.46K1IV

Also catalogued as HR 258 · HD 5286 · HIP 4288

4,714 K
temperature
5.46
apparent magnitude
8.23× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
124 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
8.23×
the Sun's light output
2.56
absolute magnitude
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36 AndK-type
Sky regionAndromedathis direction
Star78 Psc23 ly
StarDelta And24 ly
StarHR 14524 ly
StarAlpheratzstar
StarMirachstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Andromeda
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Andromeda

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.