K-type star · orange

HR 58

HR 58 is an orange in the constellation Hydrus 618 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,784 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 79.21× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 618 years ago.

618 lybrightness mag 6.49G8/K0III

Also catalogued as HD 1221 · HIP 1268

4,784 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
79.21× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8/K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
618 years
at light speed from Earth
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
79.21×
the Sun's light output
0.10
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydrus

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.