K-type star · orange

HR 5446

HR 5446 is an orange in the constellation Centaurus 455 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,630 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 59.81× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 455 years ago.

455 lybrightness mag 6.13K1III

Also catalogued as HD 128152 · HIP 71429

4,630 K
temperature
6.13
apparent magnitude
59.81× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
455 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
59.81×
the Sun's light output
0.41
absolute magnitude
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HR 5446K-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarHR 537821 ly
StarHR 544927 ly
StarHR 540030 ly
StarMenkentstar
StarGamma Censtar
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Brightness mag 6.1To 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.