K-type star · orange

HD 90074

HD 90074 is an orange in the constellation Carina 362 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,040 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 31.22× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 362 years ago.

362 lybrightness mag 6.34G6III

Also catalogued as HIP 50785

5,040 K
temperature
6.34
apparent magnitude
31.22× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G6III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
362 years
at light speed from Earth
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
31.22×
the Sun's light output
1.11
absolute magnitude
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HD 90074K-type
Sky regionCarinathis direction
StarHR 386436 ly
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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.