K-type star · orange dwarf

Ceibo

Ceibo is an orange dwarf in the constellation Chamaeleon 113 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,728 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.19× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 9.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 113 years ago.

113 lybrightness mag 9.37K4V

Also catalogued as HD 63454 · HIP 37284

4,728 K
temperature
9.37
apparent magnitude
0.19× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
113 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
0.19×
the Sun's light output
6.68
absolute magnitude
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CeiboK-type
Sky regionChamaeleonthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 9.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Chamaeleon

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.