K-type star · orange dwarf
HR 5862
HR 5862 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Lupus 333 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,051 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 24.84× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 333 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 140861 · HIP 77350
5,051 K
temperature
6.41
apparent magnitude
24.84× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III/IVp..
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
333 years
at light speed from Earth
0.88×
as hot as the Sun
24.84×
the Sun's light output
1.36
absolute magnitude
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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.