K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 5546

161 lybrightness mag 5.18K1III

Also catalogued as HD 131342 · HIP 73036

4,387 K

temperature

5.18

apparent magnitude

18.03× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

161 years

at light speed from Earth

0.76×

as hot as the Sun

18.03×

the Sun's light output

1.71

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5546K-type

Sky regionCircinusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5482 →9.0 ly apart
HR 5349 →13 ly apart
HR 5900 →22 ly apart
HR 5465 →23 ly apart
HR 5700 →31 ly apart
HR 5297 →35 ly apart

Bright stars in Circinus

Xami →mag 3.2
Bet Cir →mag 4.1
Gam Cir →mag 4.5
Eps Cir →mag 4.8
Del Cir →mag 5.0
The Cir →mag 5.1
Eta Cir →mag 5.2
Zet Cir →mag 6.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Circinus

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.