K-type star · orange

HR 5086

HR 5086 is an orange in the constellation Virgo 1,062 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,838 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 312× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,062 years ago.

1,062 lybrightness mag 6.18K5

Also catalogued as HD 117404 · HIP 65862

3,838 K
temperature
6.18
apparent magnitude
312× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,062 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
312×
the Sun's light output
-1.38
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Virgo

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.