K-type star · orange

HR 5956

HR 5956 is an orange in the constellation Lupus 704 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,864 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 119× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 704 years ago.

704 lybrightness mag 6.33K4III

Also catalogued as HD 143404 · HIP 78486

3,864 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
119× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
704 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
119×
the Sun's light output
-0.34
absolute magnitude
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HR 5956K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.