K-type star · orange

HR 5711

HR 5711 is an orange in the constellation Serpens 595 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,200 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 82.87× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 595 years ago.

595 lybrightness mag 6.36K0

Also catalogued as HD 136643 · HIP 75125

4,200 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
82.87× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
595 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
82.87×
the Sun's light output
0.05
absolute magnitude
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HR 5711K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.