K-type star · orange

HR 5242

512 lybrightness mag 6.20K0III

Also catalogued as HD 121557 · HIP 68270

4,642 K

temperature

6.20

apparent magnitude

71.06× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

512 years

at light speed from Earth

0.80×

as hot as the Sun

71.06×

the Sun's light output

0.22

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5242K-type

Sky regionCircinusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5122 →70 ly apart
HR 5012 →79 ly apart
HR 5432 →82 ly apart
HR 5382 →83 ly apart
HR 5316 →83 ly apart
HR 5049 →83 ly apart

Bright stars in Circinus

Xami →mag 3.2
Bet Cir →mag 4.1
Gam Cir →mag 4.5
Eps Cir →mag 4.8
Del Cir →mag 5.0
The Cir →mag 5.1
Eta Cir →mag 5.2
Zet Cir →mag 6.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Circinus

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.