K-type star · orange dwarf

Añañuca

Añañuca is an orange dwarf in the constellation Vela 32.2 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,749 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.007× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 10.2 it is within reach of 4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope; the light you see left it 32 years ago.

32.2 lybrightness mag 10.22M1:

Also catalogued as HIP 47780 · Gliese Gl 367

3,749 K
temperature
10.22
apparent magnitude
0.007× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
32 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
0.007×
the Sun's light output
10.25
absolute magnitude
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AñañucaK-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 452312 ly
StarHR 445814 ly
StarHR 338415 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
Brightness mag 10.2To see it 4-6" (100-150 mm) telescopeLook toward Vela

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.