K-type star · orange

HR 5688

HR 5688 is an orange in the constellation Lupus 901 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,299 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 224× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 901 years ago.

901 lybrightness mag 6.18G6/G8III

Also catalogued as HD 135896 · HIP 74929

4,299 K
temperature
6.18
apparent magnitude
224× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G6/G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
901 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
224×
the Sun's light output
-1.03
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.2To 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.