K-type star · orange dwarf
HD 169913
HD 169913 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Scutum 316 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,617 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 20.55× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 316 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 90437
4,617 K
temperature
6.50
apparent magnitude
20.55× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
316 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
20.55×
the Sun's light output
1.57
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.