K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 5276

HR 5276 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Virgo 329 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,084 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 24.66× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 329 years ago.

329 lybrightness mag 6.39K0

Also catalogued as HD 122815 · HIP 68739

4,084 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
24.66× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
329 years
at light speed from Earth
0.71×
as hot as the Sun
24.66×
the Sun's light output
1.37
absolute magnitude
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HR 5276K-type
Sky regionVirgothis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Virgo

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.