K-type star · orange dwarf

HD 125490

HD 125490 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Virgo 331 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,957 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 24.32× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 331 years ago.

331 lybrightness mag 6.42G5

Also catalogued as HIP 70038

4,957 K
temperature
6.42
apparent magnitude
24.32× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
331 years
at light speed from Earth
0.86×
as hot as the Sun
24.32×
the Sun's light output
1.39
absolute magnitude
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HD 125490K-type
Sky regionVirgothis direction
StarHR 527624 ly
Star2 Lib30 ly
StarHR 539346 ly
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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.