K-type star · orange

HR 5119

HR 5119 is an orange in the constellation Musca 424 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,926 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 52.97× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 424 years ago.

424 lybrightness mag 6.11K3III

Also catalogued as HD 118344 · HIP 66574

3,926 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
52.97× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
424 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
52.97×
the Sun's light output
0.54
absolute magnitude
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HR 5119K-type
Sky regionMuscathis direction
StarHR 504921 ly
StarHR 538246 ly
StarEta Mus47 ly
StarAlpha Musstar
StarBeta Musstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Musca
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.