K-type star · orange
HD 72115
HD 72115 is an orange in the constellation Cancer 792 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,800 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 129× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 792 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 41833
3,800 K
temperature
6.50
apparent magnitude
129× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
792 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
129×
the Sun's light output
-0.43
absolute magnitude
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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.