K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 5706

HR 5706 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Serpens 114 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,599 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 3.11× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 114 years ago.

114 lybrightness mag 6.34K0V

Also catalogued as HD 136442 · HIP 75101

4,599 K
temperature
6.34
apparent magnitude
3.11× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
114 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
3.11×
the Sun's light output
3.62
absolute magnitude
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HR 5706K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Serpens

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.