K-type star · orange

HR 5270

HR 5270 is an orange in the constellation Boötes 773 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,126 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 165× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 773 years ago.

773 lybrightness mag 6.18F8IV

Also catalogued as HD 122563 · HIP 68594

5,126 K
temperature
6.18
apparent magnitude
165× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F8IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
773 years
at light speed from Earth
0.89×
as hot as the Sun
165×
the Sun's light output
-0.69
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.2To 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.