K-type star · orange

HD 45420

HD 45420 is an orange in the constellation Canis Major 554 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,228 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 74.40× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 554 years ago.

554 lybrightness mag 6.32K0/K1III

Also catalogued as HIP 30669

4,228 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
74.40× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0/K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
554 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
74.40×
the Sun's light output
0.17
absolute magnitude
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HD 45420K-type
Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction
StarHR 226826 ly
StarHR 252257 ly
StarHR 250265 ly
StarAdharastar
StarWezenstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Canis Major
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Canis Major

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.