K-type star · orange

HR 5669

HR 5669 is an orange in the constellation Libra 1,199 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,835 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 362× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,199 years ago.

1,199 lybrightness mag 6.28K2

Also catalogued as HD 135367 · HIP 74623

3,835 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
362× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,199 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
362×
the Sun's light output
-1.55
absolute magnitude
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HR 5669K-type
Sky regionLibrathis direction
StarHD 136801300 ly
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StarHR 5496300 ly
StarZubeneschamalistar
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Libra
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Libra

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.