K-type star · orange

HD 95572

HD 95572 is an orange in the constellation Ursa Major 777 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,158 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 131× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 777 years ago.

777 lybrightness mag 6.44K0

Also catalogued as HIP 54038

4,158 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
131× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
777 years
at light speed from Earth
0.72×
as hot as the Sun
131×
the Sun's light output
-0.44
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.4To 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.