K-type star · orange

HD 81575

HD 81575 is an orange in the constellation Vela 731 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,755 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 131× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 731 years ago.

731 lybrightness mag 6.31M5III

Also catalogued as HIP 46194

3,755 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
131× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
731 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
131×
the Sun's light output
-0.44
absolute magnitude
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HD 81575K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 366148 ly
StarHD 8136954 ly
StarHR 366781 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.