K-type star · orange

HR 5417

HR 5417 is an orange in the constellation Centaurus 921 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,884 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 193× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 921 years ago.

921 lybrightness mag 6.39K3III

Also catalogued as HD 127152 · HIP 70966

3,884 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
193× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
921 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
193×
the Sun's light output
-0.86
absolute magnitude
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HR 5417K-type
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Centaurus

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.