K-type star · orange

HR 5509

HR 5509 is an orange in the constellation Lupus 755 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,585 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 141× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 755 years ago.

755 lybrightness mag 6.30K1III

Also catalogued as HD 130073 · HIP 72338

4,585 K
temperature
6.30
apparent magnitude
141× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
755 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
141×
the Sun's light output
-0.52
absolute magnitude
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HR 5509K-type
Sky regionLupusthis direction
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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lupus

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.