K-type star · orange

HD 5927

HD 5927 is an orange in the constellation Cassiopeia 1,052 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,517 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 232× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,052 years ago.

1,052 lybrightness mag 6.48G5

Also catalogued as HIP 4786

4,517 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
232× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,052 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
232×
the Sun's light output
-1.06
absolute magnitude
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HD 5927K-type
Sky regionCassiopeiathis direction
StarHR 29857 ly
StarHR 24169 ly
StarHR 91130 ly
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Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cassiopeia

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.