K-type star · orange dwarf

38 Aur

38 Aur is an orange dwarf in the constellation Auriga 213 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,794 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 13.70× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 213 years ago.

213 lybrightness mag 6.08K0III

Also catalogued as HR 2119 · HD 40801 · HIP 28677

4,794 K
temperature
6.08
apparent magnitude
13.70× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
213 years
at light speed from Earth
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
13.70×
the Sun's light output
2.01
absolute magnitude
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38 AurK-type
Sky regionAurigathis direction
StarTau Aur18 ly
StarNu Aur24 ly
Star42 Aur26 ly
StarMenkalinanstar
StarMahasimstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Auriga
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Auriga

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.