K-type star · orange

HR 5507

HR 5507 is an orange in the constellation Boötes 581 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,160 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 95.94× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 581 years ago.

581 lybrightness mag 6.15K0

Also catalogued as HD 130025 · HIP 72139

5,160 K
temperature
6.15
apparent magnitude
95.94× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
581 years
at light speed from Earth
0.89×
as hot as the Sun
95.94×
the Sun's light output
-0.10
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.