K-type star · orange

HD 96372

HD 96372 is an orange in the constellation Leo 956 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,713 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 206× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 956 years ago.

956 lybrightness mag 6.40K5

Also catalogued as HIP 54319

3,713 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
206× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
956 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
206×
the Sun's light output
-0.94
absolute magnitude
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HD 96372K-type
Sky regionLeothis direction
Star72 Leo96 ly
StarHR 4269220 ly
Star44 Leo240 ly
StarAlgiebastar
StarZosmastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Leo
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Leo

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.