K-type star · orange dwarf

Macondo

Macondo is an orange dwarf in the constellation Antlia 90.9 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,879 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.32× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 8.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 91 years ago.

90.9 lybrightness mag 8.30K3V

Also catalogued as HD 93083 · HIP 52521 · Gliese GJ 1137

4,879 K
temperature
8.30
apparent magnitude
0.32× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
91 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
0.32×
the Sun's light output
6.08
absolute magnitude
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MacondoK-type
Sky regionAntliathis direction
StarHR 429813 ly
StarHR 399218 ly
StarHR 444318 ly
StarAlpha Antstar
StarEpsilon Antstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Antlia
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 8.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Antlia

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.