K-type star · orange dwarf

Groombridge 34

Groombridge 34 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Andromeda 11.7 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,705 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.007× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 8.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 12 years ago.

11.7 lybrightness mag 8.09M1V

Also catalogued as HD 1326 · HIP 1475 · Gliese Gl 15A

3,705 K
temperature
8.09
apparent magnitude
0.007× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
12 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
0.007×
the Sun's light output
10.32
absolute magnitude
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Groombridge 34K-type
Sky regionAndromedathis direction
StarRoss 2481.9 ly
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Star61 Cyg7.1 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 8.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Andromeda

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.