K-type star · orange dwarf

HD 145936

HD 145936 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Serpens 331 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,750 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 23.62× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 331 years ago.

331 lybrightness mag 6.45K0

Also catalogued as HIP 79522

4,750 K
temperature
6.45
apparent magnitude
23.62× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
331 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
23.62×
the Sun's light output
1.42
absolute magnitude
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HD 145936K-type
Sky regionSerpensthis direction
StarHD 14853132 ly
StarHR 605751 ly
Star43 Ser51 ly
StarUnukalhaistar
StarEta Serstar
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Bright stars in Serpens
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Serpens

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.