K-type star · orange

37 Vir

37 Vir is an orange in the constellation Virgo 598 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,143 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 115× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 598 years ago.

598 lybrightness mag 6.02K4III:

Also catalogued as HR 4878 · HD 111765 · HIP 62757

4,143 K
temperature
6.02
apparent magnitude
115× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
598 years
at light speed from Earth
0.72×
as hot as the Sun
115×
the Sun's light output
-0.30
absolute magnitude
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37 VirK-type
Sky regionVirgothis direction
Star35 Vir19 ly
StarHR 480553 ly
StarSigma Vir110 ly
StarPorrimastar
StarVindemiatrixstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Virgo
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Virgo

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.