K-type star · orange

HD 27860

HD 27860 is an orange in the constellation Taurus 620 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,937 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 85.11× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 620 years ago.

620 lybrightness mag 6.42K0

Also catalogued as HIP 20558

3,937 K
temperature
6.42
apparent magnitude
85.11× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
620 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
85.11×
the Sun's light output
0.03
absolute magnitude
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HD 27860K-type
Sky regionTaurusthis direction
StarHR 140235 ly
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Taurus

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.