K-type star · orange

43 LMi

43 LMi is an orange in the constellation Leo Minor 591 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,422 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 99.08× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 591 years ago.

591 lybrightness mag 6.15K0

Also catalogued as HR 4223 · HD 93636 · HIP 52882

4,422 K
temperature
6.15
apparent magnitude
99.08× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
591 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
99.08×
the Sun's light output
-0.14
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
43 LMiK-type
Sky regionLeo Minorthis direction
Star37 LMi37 ly
Star22 LMi110 ly
StarHR 4006110 ly
StarPraecipuastar
StarBeta LMistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Leo Minor
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Leo Minor

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.