K-type star · orange

HR 5757

HR 5757 is an orange in the constellation Apus 323 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,295 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 28.60× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 323 years ago.

323 lybrightness mag 6.19K2II

Also catalogued as HD 138289 · HIP 76664

4,295 K
temperature
6.19
apparent magnitude
28.60× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
323 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
28.60×
the Sun's light output
1.21
absolute magnitude
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HR 5757K-type
Sky regionApusthis direction
StarHR 552032 ly
StarHD 14184637 ly
StarOmega Oct39 ly
StarParadysstar
StarGamma Apsstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Apus

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.