K-type star · orange

HR 5246

HR 5246 is an orange in the constellation Hydra 573 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,908 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 94.10× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 573 years ago.

573 lybrightness mag 6.14K2/K3III

Also catalogued as HD 121699 · HIP 68177

3,908 K
temperature
6.14
apparent magnitude
94.10× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2/K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
573 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
94.10×
the Sun's light output
-0.08
absolute magnitude
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HR 5246K-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.