K-type star · orange

HR 5642

HR 5642 is an orange in the constellation Lupus 510 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,651 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 56.60× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 510 years ago.

510 lybrightness mag 6.44K1III

Also catalogued as HD 134444 · HIP 74336

4,651 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
56.60× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
510 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
56.60×
the Sun's light output
0.47
absolute magnitude
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HR 5642K-type
Sky regionLupusthis direction
StarHR 56519.5 ly
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StarHD 13660721 ly
StarUridimstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lupus

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.