K-type star · orange

HD 214028

HD 214028 is an orange in the constellation Aquarius 487 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,918 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 53.95× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 487 years ago.

487 lybrightness mag 6.39K4III

Also catalogued as HIP 111539

3,918 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
53.95× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
487 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
53.95×
the Sun's light output
0.52
absolute magnitude
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HD 214028K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquarius

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.