K-type star · orange

HD 105822

HD 105822 is an orange in the constellation Musca 877 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,031 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 161× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 877 years ago.

877 lybrightness mag 6.48K0/K1III

Also catalogued as HIP 59389

4,031 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
161× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0/K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
877 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
161×
the Sun's light output
-0.67
absolute magnitude
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HD 105822K-type
Sky regionMuscathis direction
StarTheta² Cru81 ly
StarHR 453883 ly
StarHR 438993 ly
StarAlpha Musstar
StarBeta Musstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Musca
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Musca

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.