K-type star · orange dwarf
Sharjah
Sharjah is an orange dwarf in the constellation Scorpius 47.0 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,815 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.005× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 11.3 it is within reach of 4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope; the light you see left it 47 years ago.
47.0 lybrightness mag 11.34
Also catalogued as HIP 79431
3,815 K
temperature
11.34
apparent magnitude
0.005× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
–
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
47 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
0.005×
the Sun's light output
10.55
absolute magnitude
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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.