K-type star · orange

HR 5822

HR 5822 is an orange in the constellation Lupus 828 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,921 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 162× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 828 years ago.

828 lybrightness mag 6.35K3III

Also catalogued as HD 139613 · HIP 76739

3,921 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
162× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
828 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
162×
the Sun's light output
-0.67
absolute magnitude
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HR 5822K-type
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Brightness mag 6.3To 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.