K-type star · orange

HD 28086

HD 28086 is an orange in the constellation Taurus 711 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,563 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 117× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 711 years ago.

711 lybrightness mag 6.37K0

Also catalogued as HIP 20698

4,563 K
temperature
6.37
apparent magnitude
117× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
711 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
117×
the Sun's light output
-0.32
absolute magnitude
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HD 28086K-type
Sky regionTaurusthis direction
StarHoggar34 ly
StarHR 153474 ly
StarHR 134976 ly
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StarAlcyonestar
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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.