K-type star · orange

HR 5309

HR 5309 is an orange in the constellation Hydra 558 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,032 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 73.65× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 558 years ago.

558 lybrightness mag 6.35K2III

Also catalogued as HD 124162 · HIP 69398

4,032 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
73.65× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
558 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
73.65×
the Sun's light output
0.18
absolute magnitude
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HR 5309K-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 531435 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.