K-type star · orange

HD 90473

HD 90473 is an orange in the constellation Sextans 817 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,881 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 161× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 817 years ago.

817 lybrightness mag 6.33K0

Also catalogued as HIP 51117

3,881 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
161× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
817 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
161×
the Sun's light output
-0.67
absolute magnitude
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HD 90473K-type
Sky regionSextansthis direction
StarHR 4245130 ly
StarHR 4244130 ly
StarHR 4190200 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Sextans

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.