K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 5096

HR 5096 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Canes Venatici 262 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,570 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 21.01× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 262 years ago.

262 lybrightness mag 6.07K2III

Also catalogued as HD 117710 · HIP 65951

4,570 K
temperature
6.07
apparent magnitude
21.01× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
262 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
21.01×
the Sun's light output
1.54
absolute magnitude
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HR 5096K-type
Sky regionCanes Venaticithis direction
Star20 CVn14 ly
Star19 CVn25 ly
StarHR 510837 ly
StarCor Carolistar
StarCharastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Canes Venatici
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Canes Venatici

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.