K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 5224

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

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5224K-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5228 →25 ly apart
HR 5208 →26 ly apart
HR 5058 →28 ly apart
2 Cen →32 ly apart
HR 5357 →33 ly apart
50 Hya →34 ly apart

Bright stars in Centaurus

Menkent →mag 2.1
Gam Cen →mag 2.2
Eps Cen →mag 2.3
Eta Cen →mag 2.3
Leepwal →mag 2.5
Del Cen →mag 2.6
Kulou →mag 2.8
Lam Cen →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

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.