K-type star · orange

HD 95509

HD 95509 is an orange in the constellation Vela 399 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,158 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 34.55× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 399 years ago.

399 lybrightness mag 6.44K3III

Also catalogued as HIP 53811

4,158 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
34.55× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
399 years
at light speed from Earth
0.72×
as hot as the Sun
34.55×
the Sun's light output
1.00
absolute magnitude
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HD 95509K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 431816 ly
StarHR 432123 ly
StarHR 436029 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Vela

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.