K-type star · orange
HD 131027
HD 131027 is an orange in the constellation Libra 730 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,528 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 135× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 730 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 72702
4,528 K
temperature
6.27
apparent magnitude
135× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0II/III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
730 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
135×
the Sun's light output
-0.48
absolute magnitude
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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.