K-type star · orange

Psi² Aur

Psi² Aur is an orange in the constellation Auriga 416 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,239 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 170× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 416 years ago.

416 lybrightness mag 4.80K3III

Also catalogued as HR 2427 · HD 47174 · HIP 31832

4,239 K
temperature
4.80
apparent magnitude
170× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
416 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
170×
the Sun's light output
-0.73
absolute magnitude
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Psi² AurK-type
Sky regionAurigathis direction
StarPsi⁷ Aur40 ly
StarHR 215343 ly
Star43 Aur43 ly
StarMenkalinanstar
StarMahasimstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Auriga
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.8To see it no equipment neededLook 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.