K-type star · orange

HR 5227

HR 5227 is an orange in the constellation Draco 334 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,350 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 25.37× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 334 years ago.

334 lybrightness mag 6.39K2IV

Also catalogued as HD 121146 · HIP 67589

4,350 K

temperature

6.39

apparent magnitude

25.37× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

334 years

at light speed from Earth

0.75×

as hot as the Sun

25.37×

the Sun's light output

1.34

absolute magnitude

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HR 5227K-type

Sky regionDracothis direction

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Bright stars in Draco

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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Draco

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.