K-type star · orange

HR 54

HR 54 is an orange in the constellation Sculptor 635 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,044 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 112× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 635 years ago.

635 lybrightness mag 6.17K3III

Also catalogued as HD 1089 · HIP 1195

4,044 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
112× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
635 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
112×
the Sun's light output
-0.28
absolute magnitude
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HR 54K-type
Sky regionSculptorthis direction
StarHR 138120 ly
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Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Sculptor

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.