M-type star · red

HD 34450

HD 34450 is a red in the constellation Camelopardalis 1,607 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,467 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 541× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,607 years ago.

1,607 lybrightness mag 6.48M0

Also catalogued as HIP 25322

3,467 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
541× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,607 years
at light speed from Earth
0.60×
as hot as the Sun
541×
the Sun's light output
-1.98
absolute magnitude
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HD 34450M-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHR 158773 ly
StarHR 1885390 ly
StarHR 1205420 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Camelopardalis

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.