K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 5515

270 lybrightness mag 6.21K3III

Also catalogued as HD 130227 · HIP 72471

4,500 K

temperature

6.21

apparent magnitude

19.52× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

270 years

at light speed from Earth

0.78×

as hot as the Sun

19.52×

the Sun's light output

1.62

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5515K-type

Sky regionCircinusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5495 →22 ly apart
HR 5426 →24 ly apart
Eta Cir →37 ly apart
Kap2Lup →42 ly apart
HR 5207 →43 ly apart
HR 5141 →46 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.