K-type star · orange

HR 5562

637 lybrightness mag 6.06K3III

Also catalogued as HD 131774 · HIP 73107

3,929 K

temperature

6.06

apparent magnitude

125× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

637 years

at light speed from Earth

0.68×

as hot as the Sun

125×

the Sun's light output

-0.39

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5562K-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5466 →55 ly apart
HR 5604 →97 ly apart
HR 5809 →120 ly apart
HR 5579 →120 ly apart
HR 5456 →120 ly apart
HR 5801 →120 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.