K-type star · orange
HD 49364
HD 49364 is an orange in the constellation Auriga 733 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,715 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 111× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 733 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 32746
3,715 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
111× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
733 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
111×
the Sun's light output
-0.27
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Nearest stars
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
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.