K-type star · orange

HR 5861

HR 5861 is an orange in the constellation Serpens 633 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,319 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 97.36× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 633 years ago.

633 lybrightness mag 6.32K0III

Also catalogued as HD 140815 · HIP 77186

4,319 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
97.36× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
633 years
at light speed from Earth
0.75×
as hot as the Sun
97.36×
the Sun's light output
-0.12
absolute magnitude
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HR 5861K-type
Sky regionSerpensthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.