K-type star · orange

HD 95716

HD 95716 is an orange in the constellation Vela 1,463 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,833 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 448× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,463 years ago.

1,463 lybrightness mag 6.48M4III

Also catalogued as HIP 53940

3,833 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
448× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,463 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
448×
the Sun's light output
-1.78
absolute magnitude
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HD 95716K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 4143240 ly
StarHD 92155340 ly
StarHR 4420340 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To 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.