K-type star · orange

HR 5198

HR 5198 is an orange in the constellation Centaurus 367 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,762 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 29.59× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 367 years ago.

367 lybrightness mag 6.43K1III

Also catalogued as HD 120457 · HIP 67537

4,762 K
temperature
6.43
apparent magnitude
29.59× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
367 years
at light speed from Earth
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
29.59×
the Sun's light output
1.17
absolute magnitude
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HR 5198K-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.