K-type star · orange dwarf

66 Ari

66 Ari is an orange dwarf in the constellation Aries 210 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,864 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 14.01× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 210 years ago.

210 lybrightness mag 6.03K0IV

Also catalogued as HR 1048 · HD 21467 · HIP 16181

4,864 K
temperature
6.03
apparent magnitude
14.01× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
210 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
14.01×
the Sun's light output
1.98
absolute magnitude
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66 AriK-type
Sky regionAriesthis direction
Star64 Ari8.1 ly
Star59 Ari20 ly
Star49 Ari26 ly
StarHamalstar
StarSheratanstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Aries
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aries

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.