K-type star · orange

HR 5549

1,045 lybrightness mag 5.85K2III

Also catalogued as HD 131432 · HIP 72959

3,904 K

temperature

5.85

apparent magnitude

409× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,045 years

at light speed from Earth

0.68×

as hot as the Sun

409×

the Sun's light output

-1.68

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5549K-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5615 →120 ly apart
HR 5474 →130 ly apart
HR 5658 →150 ly apart
HR 5521 →170 ly apart
HR 5688 →170 ly apart
HR 5417 →200 ly apart

Bright stars in Centaurus

Menkent →mag 2.1
Gam Cen →mag 2.2
Eps Cen →mag 2.3
Eta Cen →mag 2.3
Leepwal →mag 2.5
Del Cen →mag 2.6
Kulou →mag 2.8
Lam Cen →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Centaurus

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.