K-type star · orange

HR 5796

HR 5796 is an orange in the constellation Serpens 722 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,461 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 164× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 722 years ago.

722 lybrightness mag 6.04K0III:

Also catalogued as HD 139087 · HIP 76372

4,461 K
temperature
6.04
apparent magnitude
164× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
722 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
164×
the Sun's light output
-0.68
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HR 5796K-type
Sky regionSerpensthis direction
StarTau¹ Ser68 ly
StarHD 145050120 ly
StarHR 5654120 ly
StarUnukalhaistar
StarEta Serstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Serpens
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.