K-type star · orange

HD 63588

HD 63588 is an orange in the constellation Lynx 607 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,779 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 76.56× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 607 years ago.

607 lybrightness mag 6.49K2

Also catalogued as HIP 38349

3,779 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
76.56× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
607 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
76.56×
the Sun's light output
0.14
absolute magnitude
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HD 63588K-type
Sky regionLynxthis direction
StarHR 279267 ly
StarPi Gem68 ly
Star28 Lyn78 ly
StarAlpha Lynstar
Star38 Lynstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To 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.