K-type star · orange

HD 97451

HD 97451 is an orange in the constellation Carina 792 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,801 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 164× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 792 years ago.

792 lybrightness mag 6.24M4III

Also catalogued as HIP 54708

3,801 K
temperature
6.24
apparent magnitude
164× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
792 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
164×
the Sun's light output
-0.69
absolute magnitude
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HD 97451K-type
Sky regionCarinathis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Carina

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.