K-type star · orange

HR 5389

HR 5389 is an orange in the constellation Apus 492 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,348 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 74.61× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 492 years ago.

492 lybrightness mag 6.06K0/K1III

Also catalogued as HD 126209 · HIP 70874

4,348 K
temperature
6.06
apparent magnitude
74.61× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0/K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
492 years
at light speed from Earth
0.75×
as hot as the Sun
74.61×
the Sun's light output
0.17
absolute magnitude
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HR 5389K-type
Sky regionApusthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Apus

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.