K-type star · orange dwarf
HD 57707
HD 57707 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Canis Minor 233 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,755 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 11.89× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 233 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 35751
4,755 K
temperature
6.43
apparent magnitude
11.89× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
233 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
11.89×
the Sun's light output
2.16
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.