K-type star · orange

HR 5124

HR 5124 is an orange in the constellation Centaurus. Its surface is about 4,434 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 34,673,685× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye.

brightness mag 6.00G5Ib

Also catalogued as HD 118520 · HIP 66575

4,434 K
temperature
6.00
apparent magnitude
34,673,685× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
34,673,685×
the Sun's light output
-14.00
absolute magnitude
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HR 5124K-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarHR 502717,000 ly
StarHR 528124,000 ly
StarHR 490833,000 ly
StarMenkentstar
StarGamma Censtar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Centaurus
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Centaurus

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.