K-type star · orange dwarf

Nikawiy

Nikawiy is an orange dwarf in the constellation Boötes 320 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,917 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 5.92× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 7.9 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 320 years ago.

320 lybrightness mag 7.88G5

Also catalogued as HD 136418 · HIP 74961

4,917 K
temperature
7.88
apparent magnitude
5.92× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
320 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
5.92×
the Sun's light output
2.92
absolute magnitude
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NikawiyK-type
Sky regionBoötesthis direction
StarHR 560955 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 7.9To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Boötes

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.