K-type star · orange dwarf
50 LMi
50 LMi is an orange dwarf in the constellation Leo Minor 256 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,658 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 15.33× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 256 years ago.
Also catalogued as HR 4270 · HD 94747 · HIP 53492
4,658 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
15.33× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
256 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
15.33×
the Sun's light output
1.89
absolute magnitude
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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.