K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 5893

HR 5893 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Lupus 253 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,764 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 14.52× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 253 years ago.

253 lybrightness mag 6.39K0III

Also catalogued as HD 141832 · HIP 77729

4,764 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
14.52× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
253 years
at light speed from Earth
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
14.52×
the Sun's light output
1.95
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lupus

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.