K-type star · orange dwarf
HR 5620
HR 5620 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Libra 189 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,649 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 10.38× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 189 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 133670 · HIP 73927
4,649 K
temperature
6.13
apparent magnitude
10.38× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
189 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
10.38×
the Sun's light output
2.31
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.