K-type star · orange

HD 150097

HD 150097 is an orange in the constellation Triangulum Australe 1,615 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,758 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 687× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,615 years ago.

1,615 lybrightness mag 6.23K3III

Also catalogued as HIP 81823

3,758 K
temperature
6.23
apparent magnitude
687× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,615 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
687×
the Sun's light output
-2.24
absolute magnitude
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HD 150097K-type
Sky regionTriangulum Australethis direction
StarHR 6384200 ly
StarHR 6440210 ly
StarHR 5836210 ly
StarAtriastar
StarBeta TrAstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Triangulum Australe
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Triangulum Australe

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.