K-type star · orange

HD 34878

HD 34878 is an orange in the constellation Orion 470 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,646 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 48.44× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 470 years ago.

470 lybrightness mag 6.43G8IV

Also catalogued as HIP 24960

4,646 K
temperature
6.43
apparent magnitude
48.44× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
470 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
48.44×
the Sun's light output
0.64
absolute magnitude
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HD 34878K-type
Sky regionOrionthis direction
StarHR 170930 ly
StarHR 161842 ly
Star31 Ori53 ly
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Orion

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.