K-type star · orange

HR 5877

HR 5877 is an orange in the constellation Corona Borealis 1,026 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,768 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 235× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,026 years ago.

1,026 lybrightness mag 6.41K5

Also catalogued as HD 141456 · HIP 77397

3,768 K
temperature
6.41
apparent magnitude
235× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,026 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
235×
the Sun's light output
-1.08
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Corona Borealis

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.