K-type star · orange dwarf

HD 89221

HD 89221 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Ursa Major 121 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,930 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 3.07× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 121 years ago.

121 lybrightness mag 6.48G5

Also catalogued as HIP 50485

4,930 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
3.07× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
121 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
3.07×
the Sun's light output
3.63
absolute magnitude
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HD 89221K-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.