K-type star · orange dwarf

Mahsati

Mahsati is an orange dwarf in the constellation Ophiuchus 605 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,996 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 13.33× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 8.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 605 years ago.

605 lybrightness mag 8.38K0

Also catalogued as HD 152581 · HIP 82651

4,996 K
temperature
8.38
apparent magnitude
13.33× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
605 years
at light speed from Earth
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
13.33×
the Sun's light output
2.04
absolute magnitude
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MahsatiK-type
Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction
StarHR 632682 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 8.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ophiuchus

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.