K-type star · orange

HR 5160

HR 5160 is an orange in the constellation Canes Venatici 911 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,053 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 205× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 911 years ago.

911 lybrightness mag 6.30G6III

Also catalogued as HD 119445 · HIP 66892

5,053 K
temperature
6.30
apparent magnitude
205× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G6III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
911 years
at light speed from Earth
0.88×
as hot as the Sun
205×
the Sun's light output
-0.93
absolute magnitude
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HR 5160K-type
Sky regionCanes Venaticithis direction
StarHR 5464160 ly
StarHD 118970170 ly
StarHR 5416170 ly
StarCor Carolistar
StarCharastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Canes Venatici
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.