K-type star · orange

HD 124973

HD 124973 is an orange in the constellation Virgo 580 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,285 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 71.19× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 580 years ago.

580 lybrightness mag 6.47K0

Also catalogued as HIP 69773

4,285 K
temperature
6.47
apparent magnitude
71.19× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
580 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
71.19×
the Sun's light output
0.22
absolute magnitude
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HD 124973K-type
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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.