K-type star · orange

HR 5916

HR 5916 is an orange in the constellation Lupus 456 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,998 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 55.87× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 456 years ago.

456 lybrightness mag 6.21K4III

Also catalogued as HD 142407 · HIP 77985

3,998 K
temperature
6.21
apparent magnitude
55.87× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
456 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
55.87×
the Sun's light output
0.48
absolute magnitude
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HR 5916K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.