K-type star · orange

HR 5965

HR 5965 is an orange in the constellation Scorpius 438 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,114 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 58.72× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 438 years ago.

438 lybrightness mag 6.07K2/K3III

Also catalogued as HD 143619 · HIP 78575

4,114 K
temperature
6.07
apparent magnitude
58.72× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2/K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
438 years
at light speed from Earth
0.71×
as hot as the Sun
58.72×
the Sun's light output
0.43
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Scorpius

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.