K-type star · orange

HD 158907

HD 158907 is an orange in the constellation Ara 406 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,858 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 39.96× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 406 years ago.

406 lybrightness mag 6.32G6/G8III

Also catalogued as HIP 85975

4,858 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
39.96× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G6/G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
406 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
39.96×
the Sun's light output
0.85
absolute magnitude
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HD 158907K-type
Sky regionArathis direction
StarSigma Ara31 ly
StarEpsilon Tel50 ly
StarHR 682152 ly
StarBeta Arastar
StarAlpha Arastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Ara
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ara

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.