G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

83 Leo

83 Leo is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Leo 57.9 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,348 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.70× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 58 years ago.

57.9 lybrightness mag 6.49K0IV

Also catalogued as HR 4414 · HD 99491 · HIP 55846 · Gliese Gl 429A

5,348 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
0.70× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
58 years
at light speed from Earth
0.93×
as hot as the Sun
0.70×
the Sun's light output
5.24
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Leo

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.