K-type star · orange dwarf

HD 79091

HD 79091 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Vela 300 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,688 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 24.59× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 300 years ago.

300 lybrightness mag 6.19K1III

Also catalogued as HIP 45002

4,688 K
temperature
6.19
apparent magnitude
24.59× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
300 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
24.59×
the Sun's light output
1.37
absolute magnitude
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HD 79091K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 361427 ly
StarHR 354927 ly
StarHR 392738 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Vela

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.