K-type star · orange dwarf
Dingolay
Dingolay is an orange dwarf in the constellation Leo 515 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,117 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 11.30× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 8.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 515 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 96063 · HIP 54158
5,117 K
temperature
8.21
apparent magnitude
11.30× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
515 years
at light speed from Earth
0.89×
as hot as the Sun
11.30×
the Sun's light output
2.22
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.