K-type star · orange

HR 57

HR 57 is an orange in the constellation Sculptor 496 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,034 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 110× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 496 years ago.

496 lybrightness mag 5.66K2III

Also catalogued as HD 1187 · HIP 1288

4,034 K
temperature
5.66
apparent magnitude
110× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
496 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
110×
the Sun's light output
-0.25
absolute magnitude
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HR 57K-type
Sky regionSculptorthis direction
StarZeta Scl31 ly
StarEta Scl51 ly
StarHR 13857 ly
StarAlpha Sclstar
StarBeta Sclstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Sculptor
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Sculptor

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.