K-type star · orange

HD 12596

HD 12596 is an orange in the constellation Fornax 838 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,051 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 174× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 838 years ago.

838 lybrightness mag 6.30K2III

Also catalogued as HIP 9562

4,051 K
temperature
6.30
apparent magnitude
174× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
838 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
174×
the Sun's light output
-0.75
absolute magnitude
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HD 12596K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Fornax

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.