K-type star · orange

5 Lyn

5 Lyn is an orange in the constellation Lynx 626 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,737 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 264× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.2 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 626 years ago.

626 lybrightness mag 5.21K4III

Also catalogued as HR 2293 · HD 44708 · HIP 30679

3,737 K
temperature
5.21
apparent magnitude
264× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
626 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
264×
the Sun's light output
-1.21
absolute magnitude
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5 LynK-type
Sky regionLynxthis direction
Star1 Lyn38 ly
StarHD 4056856 ly
StarHR 2737110 ly
StarAlpha Lynstar
Star38 Lynstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Lynx
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Lynx

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.