K-type star · orange

HR 5254

HR 5254 is an orange in the constellation Boötes 558 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,902 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 100× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 558 years ago.

558 lybrightness mag 6.01K5III

Also catalogued as HD 121980 · HIP 68279

3,902 K
temperature
6.01
apparent magnitude
100× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
558 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
100×
the Sun's light output
-0.15
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Boötes

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.