K-type star · orange

HR 5547

HR 5547 is an orange in the constellation Apus 762 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,621 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 204× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 762 years ago.

762 lybrightness mag 5.92G8II

Also catalogued as HD 131425 · HIP 73415

4,621 K
temperature
5.92
apparent magnitude
204× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
762 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
204×
the Sun's light output
-0.92
absolute magnitude
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HR 5547K-type
Sky regionApusthis direction
StarHR 524050 ly
StarDelta¹ Aps59 ly
StarKappa² Aps63 ly
StarParadysstar
StarGamma Apsstar
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Apus

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.