K-type star · orange

HD 89805

HD 89805 is an orange in the constellation Carina 1,424 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,711 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 479× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,424 years ago.

1,424 lybrightness mag 6.35K2II

Also catalogued as HIP 50562

3,711 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
479× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,424 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
479×
the Sun's light output
-1.85
absolute magnitude
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HD 89805K-type
Sky regionCarinathis direction
StarUpsilon Car87 ly
StarHD 93739130 ly
StarHR 4266130 ly
StarMiaplacidusstar
StarAviorstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Carina
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Carina

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.