K-type star · orange

HR 5166

HR 5166 is an orange in the constellation Hydra 518 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,993 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 71.98× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 518 years ago.

518 lybrightness mag 6.21K3III

Also catalogued as HD 119623 · HIP 67071

3,993 K
temperature
6.21
apparent magnitude
71.98× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
518 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
71.98×
the Sun's light output
0.21
absolute magnitude
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HR 5166K-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHD 11642960 ly
StarHR 531461 ly
StarHR 524666 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.