K-type star · orange

HD 109372

HD 109372 is an orange in the constellation Musca 1,098 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,773 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 355× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,098 years ago.

1,098 lybrightness mag 6.11M6II/III

Also catalogued as HIP 61404

3,773 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
355× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M6II/III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,098 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
355×
the Sun's light output
-1.53
absolute magnitude
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HD 109372K-type
Sky regionMuscathis direction
StarHR 4930130 ly
StarHR 5002130 ly
StarHR 4601140 ly
StarAlpha Musstar
StarBeta Musstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Musca
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.