K-type star · orange

HD 63838

HD 63838 is an orange in the constellation Canis Minor 531 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,237 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 64.80× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 531 years ago.

531 lybrightness mag 6.38K2III

Also catalogued as HIP 38306

4,237 K
temperature
6.38
apparent magnitude
64.80× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
531 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
64.80×
the Sun's light output
0.32
absolute magnitude
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HD 63838K-type
Sky regionCanis Minorthis direction
StarHR 298235 ly
StarHR 306139 ly
StarHR 305050 ly
StarGomeisastar
StarGamma CMistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Canis Minor
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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.