K-type star · orange

HD 79481

HD 79481 is an orange in the constellation Hydra 542 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,846 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 62.63× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 542 years ago.

542 lybrightness mag 6.46G6/G8III/IV

Also catalogued as HIP 45305

4,846 K
temperature
6.46
apparent magnitude
62.63× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G6/G8III/IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
542 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
62.63×
the Sun's light output
0.36
absolute magnitude
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HD 79481K-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
Star20 Hya80 ly
StarHR 370491 ly
StarHR 363692 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.