K-type star · orange

Wazn

Wazn is an orange in the constellation Columba 87.2 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,417 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 35.16× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 3.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 87 years ago.

87.2 lybrightness mag 3.12K1.5III

Also catalogued as Beta Col · HR 2040 · HD 39425 · HIP 27628

4,417 K
temperature
3.12
apparent magnitude
35.16× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1.5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
87 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
35.16×
the Sun's light output
0.98
absolute magnitude
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WaznK-type
Sky regionColumbathis direction
StarHR 215715 ly
StarHR 215815 ly
StarHR 250019 ly
StarPhactstar
StarDelta Colstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Columba
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 3.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Columba

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.