K-type star · orange dwarf

Lalande 21185

Lalande 21185 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Ursa Major 8.3 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,791 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.006× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 7.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 8 years ago.

8.3 lybrightness mag 7.49M2V

Also catalogued as HD 95735 · HIP 54035 · Gliese Gl 411

3,791 K

temperature

7.49

apparent magnitude

0.006× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

8 years

at light speed from Earth

0.66×

as hot as the Sun

0.006×

the Sun's light output

10.46

absolute magnitude

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 7.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ursa Major

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.