K-type star · orange

HR 5259

HR 5259 is an orange in the constellation Centaurus 664 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,185 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 129× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 664 years ago.

664 lybrightness mag 6.12K1III

Also catalogued as HD 122210 · HIP 68493

4,185 K
temperature
6.12
apparent magnitude
129× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
664 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
129×
the Sun's light output
-0.42
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.1To 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.