K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 5335

HR 5335 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Boötes 149 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,578 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 5.88× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 149 years ago.

149 lybrightness mag 6.23K3III:

Also catalogued as HD 124755 · HIP 69569

4,578 K
temperature
6.23
apparent magnitude
5.88× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
149 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
5.88×
the Sun's light output
2.93
absolute magnitude
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HR 5335K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
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.