K-type star · orange

HD 152220

HD 152220 is an orange in the constellation Ara 1,538 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,845 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 491× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,538 years ago.

1,538 lybrightness mag 6.49K1II

Also catalogued as HIP 82723

3,845 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
491× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,538 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
491×
the Sun's light output
-1.88
absolute magnitude
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HD 152220K-type
Sky regionArathis direction
StarGamma¹ Nor170 ly
StarHR 6513210 ly
StarHR 6384210 ly
StarBeta Arastar
StarAlpha Arastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Ara
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ara

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.