K-type star · orange

HD 44780

HD 44780 is an orange in the constellation Gemini 799 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,289 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 151× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 799 years ago.

799 lybrightness mag 6.35K2III

Also catalogued as HIP 30501

4,289 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
151× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
799 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
151×
the Sun's light output
-0.60
absolute magnitude
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HD 44780K-type
Sky regionGeminithis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Gemini

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.