K-type star · orange

HD 58898

HD 58898 is an orange in the constellation Gemini 374 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,264 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 32.66× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 374 years ago.

374 lybrightness mag 6.36K2III

Also catalogued as HIP 36325

4,264 K

temperature

6.36

apparent magnitude

32.66× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

374 years

at light speed from Earth

0.74×

as hot as the Sun

32.66×

the Sun's light output

1.06

absolute magnitude

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HD 58898K-type

Sky regionGeminithis direction

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Bright stars in Gemini

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Brightness mag 6.4To 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.