K-type star · orange dwarf

HD 82969

HD 82969 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Ursa Major 319 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,941 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 22.66× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 319 years ago.

319 lybrightness mag 6.41G5

Also catalogued as HIP 47231

4,941 K
temperature
6.41
apparent magnitude
22.66× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
319 years
at light speed from Earth
0.86×
as hot as the Sun
22.66×
the Sun's light output
1.46
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.4To 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.