K-type star · orange

HR 5012

HR 5012 is an orange in the constellation Musca 555 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,049 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 96.65× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 555 years ago.

555 lybrightness mag 6.04K3III

Also catalogued as HD 115439 · HIP 64994

4,049 K
temperature
6.04
apparent magnitude
96.65× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
555 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
96.65×
the Sun's light output
-0.11
absolute magnitude
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HR 5012K-type
Sky regionMuscathis direction
StarHR 490727 ly
StarIota² Mus43 ly
StarHR 480445 ly
StarAlpha Musstar
StarBeta Musstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Musca
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Musca

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.