K-type star · orange

HD 138395

HD 138395 is an orange in the constellation Lupus 507 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,705 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 58.02× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 507 years ago.

507 lybrightness mag 6.40K0III

Also catalogued as HIP 76165

4,705 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
58.02× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
507 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
58.02×
the Sun's light output
0.44
absolute magnitude
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HD 138395K-type
Sky regionLupusthis direction
StarHR 580732 ly
StarPhi² Lup39 ly
StarEpsilon Lup42 ly
StarUridimstar
StarBeta Lupstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.