K-type star · orange

HD 58681

HD 58681 is an orange in the constellation Lynx 367 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,305 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 29.87× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 367 years ago.

367 lybrightness mag 6.42K0

Also catalogued as HIP 36351

4,305 K
temperature
6.42
apparent magnitude
29.87× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
367 years
at light speed from Earth
0.75×
as hot as the Sun
29.87×
the Sun's light output
1.16
absolute magnitude
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HD 58681K-type
Sky regionLynxthis direction
StarHR 275129 ly
StarHD 6363038 ly
StarHR 257339 ly
StarAlpha Lynstar
Star38 Lynstar
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Bright stars in Lynx
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lynx

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.