K-type star · orange

HR 5865

HR 5865 is an orange in the constellation Norma 654 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,975 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 133× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 654 years ago.

654 lybrightness mag 6.05K2/K3III

Also catalogued as HD 140979 · HIP 77454

3,975 K
temperature
6.05
apparent magnitude
133× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2/K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
654 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
133×
the Sun's light output
-0.46
absolute magnitude
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HR 5865K-type
Sky regionNormathis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.