K-type star · orange

HR 5808

HR 5808 is an orange in the constellation Corona Borealis 867 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,111 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 186× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 867 years ago.

867 lybrightness mag 6.30K2

Also catalogued as HD 139284 · HIP 76366

4,111 K
temperature
6.30
apparent magnitude
186× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
867 years
at light speed from Earth
0.71×
as hot as the Sun
186×
the Sun's light output
-0.82
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Corona Borealis

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.