K-type star · orange

HD 82408

HD 82408 is an orange in the constellation Ursa Major 638 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,428 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 84.57× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 638 years ago.

638 lybrightness mag 6.49K0

Also catalogued as HIP 46879

4,428 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
84.57× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
638 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
84.57×
the Sun's light output
0.03
absolute magnitude
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HD 82408K-type
Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction
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Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ursa Major

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.