K-type star · orange

43 Ser

43 Ser is an orange in the constellation Serpens 361 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,841 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 39.77× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 361 years ago.

361 lybrightness mag 6.07G9III

Also catalogued as HR 5976 · HD 144046 · HIP 78685

4,841 K
temperature
6.07
apparent magnitude
39.77× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G9III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
361 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
39.77×
the Sun's light output
0.85
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Serpens

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.