K-type star · orange dwarf
Gar
Gar is an orange dwarf in the constellation Virgo 27.3 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,701 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.002× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 11.4 it is within reach of 4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope; the light you see left it 27 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 62452 · Gliese Gl 486
3,701 K
temperature
11.39
apparent magnitude
0.002× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M4
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
27 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
0.002×
the Sun's light output
11.78
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.