K-type star · orange dwarf

Flegetonte

Flegetonte is an orange dwarf in the constellation Virgo 96.7 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,177 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.45× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 8.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 97 years ago.

96.7 lybrightness mag 8.07K0

Also catalogued as HD 102195 · HIP 57370

5,177 K
temperature
8.07
apparent magnitude
0.45× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
97 years
at light speed from Earth
0.90×
as hot as the Sun
0.45×
the Sun's light output
5.71
absolute magnitude
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FlegetonteK-type
Sky regionVirgothis direction
Star89 Leo9.1 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 8.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Virgo

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.