K-type star · orange

HD 59603

HD 59603 is an orange in the constellation Canis Minor 743 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,161 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 127× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 743 years ago.

743 lybrightness mag 6.38K0

Also catalogued as HIP 36553

4,161 K
temperature
6.38
apparent magnitude
127× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
743 years
at light speed from Earth
0.72×
as hot as the Sun
127×
the Sun's light output
-0.41
absolute magnitude
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HD 59603K-type
Sky regionCanis Minorthis direction
StarHR 285852 ly
StarHR 296558 ly
StarHR 303067 ly
StarGomeisastar
StarGamma CMistar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Canis Minor

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.