K-type star · orange

HD 56171

HD 56171 is an orange in the constellation Auriga 480 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,755 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 48.35× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 480 years ago.

480 lybrightness mag 6.48K0

Also catalogued as HIP 35317

4,755 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
48.35× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
480 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
48.35×
the Sun's light output
0.64
absolute magnitude
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HD 56171K-type
Sky regionAurigathis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Auriga

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.