K-type star · orange

HD 59826

HD 59826 is an orange in the constellation Lynx 480 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,249 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 52.05× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 480 years ago.

480 lybrightness mag 6.40K0

Also catalogued as HIP 36740

4,249 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
52.05× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
480 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
52.05×
the Sun's light output
0.56
absolute magnitude
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HD 59826K-type
Sky regionLynxthis direction
StarHD 5617130 ly
Star63 Aur41 ly
StarHR 299952 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.