K-type star · orange

HD 38058

HD 38058 is an orange in the constellation Camelopardalis 475 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,719 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 46.90× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 475 years ago.

475 lybrightness mag 6.49G5

Also catalogued as HIP 27346

4,719 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
46.90× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
475 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
46.90×
the Sun's light output
0.67
absolute magnitude
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HD 38058K-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHR 204126 ly
Star31 Cam32 ly
Star30 Cam40 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.