K-type star · orange

HD 76908

HD 76908 is an orange in the constellation Cancer 1,376 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,852 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 393× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,376 years ago.

1,376 lybrightness mag 6.49K5III

Also catalogued as HIP 44148

3,852 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
393× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,376 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
393×
the Sun's light output
-1.64
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cancer

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.