K-type star · orange

HD 122443

HD 122443 is an orange in the constellation Boötes 1,264 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,280 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 374× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,264 years ago.

1,264 lybrightness mag 6.36G5

Also catalogued as HIP 68516

4,280 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
374× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,264 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
374×
the Sun's light output
-1.58
absolute magnitude
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HD 122443K-type
Sky regionBoötesthis direction
StarHR 5086330 ly
StarHR 5052450 ly
StarHR 4986490 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Boötes

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.