K-type star · orange

66 Aur

66 Aur is an orange in the constellation Auriga 1,208 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,215 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 966× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.2 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,208 years ago.

1,208 lybrightness mag 5.23K0III

Also catalogued as HR 2805 · HD 57669 · HIP 35907

4,215 K
temperature
5.23
apparent magnitude
966× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,208 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
966×
the Sun's light output
-2.61
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
66 AurK-type
Sky regionAurigathis direction
StarHR 293588 ly
StarPsi⁹ Aur170 ly
StarHR 2645220 ly
StarMenkalinanstar
StarMahasimstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Auriga
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.2To 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.