K-type star · orange dwarf
HD 196676
HD 196676 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Aquarius 243 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,705 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 12.57× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 243 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 101911
4,705 K
temperature
6.46
apparent magnitude
12.57× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
243 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
12.57×
the Sun's light output
2.10
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.