K-type star · orange

HD 36840

HD 36840 is an orange in the constellation Orion 959 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,750 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 238× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 959 years ago.

959 lybrightness mag 6.25G5

Also catalogued as HIP 26149

4,750 K
temperature
6.25
apparent magnitude
238× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
959 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
238×
the Sun's light output
-1.09
absolute magnitude
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HD 36840K-type
Sky regionOrionthis direction
StarHR 187356 ly
Star22 Ori61 ly
StarEta Ori61 ly
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Brightness mag 6.3To 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.