K-type star · orange

HD 59721

HD 59721 is an orange in the constellation Lynx 1,069 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,037 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 249× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,069 years ago.

1,069 lybrightness mag 6.44K0

Also catalogued as HIP 36779

4,037 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
249× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,069 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
249×
the Sun's light output
-1.14
absolute magnitude
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HD 59721K-type
Sky regionLynxthis direction
StarHR 280444 ly
StarHR 2557190 ly
Star7 Lyn200 ly
StarAlpha Lynstar
Star38 Lynstar
Nearest stars
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.