K-type star · orange

HD 38200

HD 38200 is an orange in the constellation Auriga 753 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,515 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 117× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 753 years ago.

753 lybrightness mag 6.50K0

Also catalogued as HIP 27164

4,515 K
temperature
6.50
apparent magnitude
117× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
753 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
117×
the Sun's light output
-0.32
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Auriga

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.