K-type star · orange

HR 5738

HR 5738 is an orange in the constellation Lupus 1,561 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,587 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 724× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,561 years ago.

1,561 lybrightness mag 6.10G2Ib

Also catalogued as HD 137465 · HIP 75742

4,587 K
temperature
6.10
apparent magnitude
724× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G2Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,561 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
724×
the Sun's light output
-2.30
absolute magnitude
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HR 5738K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.