K-type star · orange
HD 88862
HD 88862 is an orange in the constellation Vela 655 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,870 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 89.87× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 655 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 50069
3,870 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
89.87× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
655 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
89.87×
the Sun's light output
-0.03
absolute magnitude
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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.