K-type star · orange dwarf

Illyrian

Illyrian is an orange dwarf in the constellation Leo Minor 409 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,095 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 12.28× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 7.6 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 409 years ago.

409 lybrightness mag 7.62G0

Also catalogued as HD 82886 · HIP 47087

5,095 K
temperature
7.62
apparent magnitude
12.28× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
409 years
at light speed from Earth
0.88×
as hot as the Sun
12.28×
the Sun's light output
2.13
absolute magnitude
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IllyrianK-type
Sky regionLeo Minorthis direction
StarHR 366434 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 7.6To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Leo Minor

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.