K-type star · orange

HR 5836

HR 5836 is an orange in the constellation Norma 1,568 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,695 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 525× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,568 years ago.

1,568 lybrightness mag 6.46G0Ib

Also catalogued as HD 139915 · HIP 77042

4,695 K
temperature
6.46
apparent magnitude
525× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G0Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,568 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
525×
the Sun's light output
-1.95
absolute magnitude
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HR 5836K-type
Sky regionNormathis direction
StarHR 5979140 ly
StarHR 5661150 ly
StarTheta Cir170 ly
StarGamma² Norstar
StarEpsilon Norstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Norma
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Norma

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.