K-type star · orange
Algedi
Algedi is an orange in the constellation Capricornus 106 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,042 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 33.92× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 3.6 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 106 years ago.
Also catalogued as Alpha² Cap · HR 7754 · HD 192947 · HIP 100064
5,042 K
temperature
3.58
apparent magnitude
33.92× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G6/G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
106 years
at light speed from Earth
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
33.92×
the Sun's light output
1.02
absolute magnitude
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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.