K-type star · orange

HR 5562

HR 5562 is an orange in the constellation Centaurus 637 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,929 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 125× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 637 years ago.

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
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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.