K-type star · orange

HD 143548

HD 143548 is an orange in the constellation Norma 2,652 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,007 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,585× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,652 years ago.

2,652 lybrightness mag 6.40K1II/III

Also catalogued as HIP 78710

4,007 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
1,585× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1II/III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,652 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
1,585×
the Sun's light output
-3.15
absolute magnitude
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HD 143548K-type
Sky regionNormathis direction
StarHR 6219270 ly
StarHR 6408460 ly
StarHR 5873530 ly
StarGamma² Norstar
StarEpsilon Norstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Norma
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Norma

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.