K-type star · orange

HD 28591

HD 28591 is an orange in the constellation Perseus 378 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,539 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 33.79× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 378 years ago.

378 lybrightness mag 6.35G5

Also catalogued as HIP 21144

4,539 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
33.79× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
378 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
33.79×
the Sun's light output
1.03
absolute magnitude
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HD 28591K-type
Sky regionPerseusthis direction
StarHR 141928 ly
StarHR 132844 ly
StarHR 133744 ly
StarMirfakstar
StarZeta Perstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Perseus

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.