K-type star · orange

HR 5402

HR 5402 is an orange in the constellation Boötes 562 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,260 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 79.65× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 562 years ago.

562 lybrightness mag 6.28K2III:

Also catalogued as HD 126597 · HIP 70517

4,260 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
79.65× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
562 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
79.65×
the Sun's light output
0.10
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.