K-type star · orange

HD 45215

HD 45215 is an orange in the constellation Monoceros 564 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,651 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 70.47× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 564 years ago.

564 lybrightness mag 6.42G5

Also catalogued as HIP 30627

4,651 K
temperature
6.42
apparent magnitude
70.47× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
564 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
70.47×
the Sun's light output
0.23
absolute magnitude
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HD 45215K-type
Sky regionMonocerosthis direction
StarHR 239531 ly
StarHR 220239 ly
StarHR 232143 ly
StarBeta Monstar
StarAlpha Monstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Monoceros
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Monoceros

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.