K-type star · orange

HD 38229

HD 38229 is an orange in the constellation Auriga 508 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,002 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 54.55× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 508 years ago.

508 lybrightness mag 6.47G5

Also catalogued as HIP 27293

5,002 K
temperature
6.47
apparent magnitude
54.55× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
508 years
at light speed from Earth
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
54.55×
the Sun's light output
0.51
absolute magnitude
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HD 38229K-type
Sky regionAurigathis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
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.