K-type star · orange

HD 54986

HD 54986 is an orange in the constellation Gemini 1,182 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,913 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 287× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,182 years ago.

1,182 lybrightness mag 6.50K5

Also catalogued as HIP 34763

3,913 K
temperature
6.50
apparent magnitude
287× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,182 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
287×
the Sun's light output
-1.29
absolute magnitude
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HD 54986K-type
Sky regionGeminithis direction
StarHR 2953170 ly
Star40 Gem190 ly
StarHR 2967200 ly
StarPolluxstar
StarAlhenastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Gemini
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To 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.