K-type star · orange

HD 96660

HD 96660 is an orange in the constellation Centaurus 564 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,815 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 69.18× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 564 years ago.

564 lybrightness mag 6.44K3III

Also catalogued as HIP 54380

3,815 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
69.18× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
564 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
69.18×
the Sun's light output
0.25
absolute magnitude
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HD 96660K-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarHR 413571 ly
StarHR 441773 ly
StarHR 431676 ly
StarMenkentstar
StarGamma Censtar
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Centaurus

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.