K-type star · orange

HD 79994

HD 79994 is an orange in the constellation Hydra 366 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,364 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 28.79× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 366 years ago.

366 lybrightness mag 6.45K0

Also catalogued as HIP 45543

4,364 K
temperature
6.45
apparent magnitude
28.79× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
366 years
at light speed from Earth
0.76×
as hot as the Sun
28.79×
the Sun's light output
1.20
absolute magnitude
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HD 79994K-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 368723 ly
StarHR 378825 ly
StarHR 367525 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
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Bright stars in Hydra
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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.