K-type star · orange dwarf
HD 135944
HD 135944 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Boötes 202 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,123 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 8.60× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 202 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 74690
5,123 K
temperature
6.47
apparent magnitude
8.60× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
202 years
at light speed from Earth
0.89×
as hot as the Sun
8.60×
the Sun's light output
2.51
absolute magnitude
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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.