K-type star · orange

HR 5259

664 lybrightness mag 6.12K1III

Also catalogued as HD 122210 · HIP 68493

4,185 K

temperature

6.12

apparent magnitude

129× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

664 years

at light speed from Earth

0.73×

as hot as the Sun

129×

the Sun's light output

-0.42

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5259K-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5269 →55 ly apart
4 Cen →100 ly apart
HR 5456 →100 ly apart
HR 5466 →110 ly apart
HR 5444 →110 ly apart
HR 5104 →110 ly apart

Bright stars in Centaurus

Menkent →mag 2.1
Gam Cen →mag 2.2
Eps Cen →mag 2.3
Eta Cen →mag 2.3
Leepwal →mag 2.5
Del Cen →mag 2.6
Kulou →mag 2.8
Lam Cen →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Centaurus

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.