K-type star · orange dwarf
HD 56176
HD 56176 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Gemini 252 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,042 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 14.57× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 252 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 35253
5,042 K
temperature
6.38
apparent magnitude
14.57× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G7IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
252 years
at light speed from Earth
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
14.57×
the Sun's light output
1.94
absolute magnitude
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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.