K-type star · orange

HR 5831

HR 5831 is an orange in the constellation Serpens 935 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,821 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 232× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 935 years ago.

935 lybrightness mag 6.22G8II

Also catalogued as HD 139862 · HIP 76733

4,821 K
temperature
6.22
apparent magnitude
232× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
935 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
232×
the Sun's light output
-1.07
absolute magnitude
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HR 5831K-type
Sky regionSerpensthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.