K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 5224

HR 5224 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Centaurus 215 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,721 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 12.91× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 215 years ago.

215 lybrightness mag 6.17K0III

Also catalogued as HD 121056 · HIP 67851

4,721 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
12.91× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
215 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
12.91×
the Sun's light output
2.07
absolute magnitude
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HR 5224K-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarHR 522825 ly
StarHR 520826 ly
StarHR 505828 ly
StarMenkentstar
StarGamma Censtar
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Brightness mag 6.2To 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.