K-type star · orange

HR 5442

HR 5442 is an orange in the constellation Draco 620 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,750 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 159× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 620 years ago.

620 lybrightness mag 5.74K5III

Also catalogued as HD 128000 · HIP 71111

3,750 K
temperature
5.74
apparent magnitude
159× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
620 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
159×
the Sun's light output
-0.66
absolute magnitude
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HR 5442K-type
Sky regionDracothis direction
StarHR 5755100 ly
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Bright stars in Draco
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Draco

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.