K-type star · orange

HR 5990

HR 5990 is an orange in the constellation Ophiuchus 479 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,663 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 52.19× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 479 years ago.

479 lybrightness mag 6.39K0

Also catalogued as HD 144390 · HIP 78870

4,663 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
52.19× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
479 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
52.19×
the Sun's light output
0.56
absolute magnitude
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HR 5990K-type
Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction
StarHR 601624 ly
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ophiuchus

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.