K-type star · orange

HD 36558

HD 36558 is an orange in the constellation Orion 1,102 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,715 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 345× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,102 years ago.

1,102 lybrightness mag 6.15K5

Also catalogued as HIP 25976

3,715 K
temperature
6.15
apparent magnitude
345× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,102 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
345×
the Sun's light output
-1.49
absolute magnitude
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HD 36558K-type
Sky regionOrionthis direction
StarSigma Ori64 ly
Star33 Ori73 ly
StarPsi² Ori75 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.