G-type star · yellow, like our Sun
HR 5580
HR 5580 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Lupus 834 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,979 K, and it shines at 207× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 834 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 132242 · HIP 73354
5,979 K
temperature
6.10
apparent magnitude
207× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
834 years
at light speed from Earth
1.04×
as hot as the Sun
207×
the Sun's light output
-0.94
absolute magnitude
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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.