K-type star · orange

HR 5592

HR 5592 is an orange in the constellation Boötes 786 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,350 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 154× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 786 years ago.

786 lybrightness mag 6.29K0

Also catalogued as HD 132879 · HIP 73464

4,350 K
temperature
6.29
apparent magnitude
154× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
786 years
at light speed from Earth
0.75×
as hot as the Sun
154×
the Sun's light output
-0.62
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Boötes

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.