K-type star · orange

HD 104078

HD 104078 is an orange in the constellation Virgo 879 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,870 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 160× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 879 years ago.

879 lybrightness mag 6.49K2

Also catalogued as HIP 58450

3,870 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
160× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
879 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
160×
the Sun's light output
-0.66
absolute magnitude
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HD 104078K-type
Sky regionVirgothis direction
StarHD 107814110 ly
StarHR 4742150 ly
StarHR 4598160 ly
StarPorrimastar
StarVindemiatrixstar
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Bright stars in Virgo
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To 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.