K-type star · orange

HR 5540

374 lybrightness mag 5.37K4III

Also catalogued as HD 131109 · HIP 73223

3,883 K

temperature

5.37

apparent magnitude

81.66× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K4III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

374 years

at light speed from Earth

0.67×

as hot as the Sun

81.66×

the Sun's light output

0.07

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5540K-type

Sky regionApusthis direction

Nearest stars

The Aps →20 ly apart
Pi 1Oct →48 ly apart
HR 5520 →50 ly apart
HD 113694 →50 ly apart
HR 5786 →50 ly apart
HR 5757 →54 ly apart

Bright stars in Apus

Paradys →mag 3.8
Gam Aps →mag 3.9
Bet Aps →mag 4.2
Del1Aps →mag 4.7
Zet Aps →mag 4.8
Eta Aps →mag 4.9
Eps Aps →mag 5.1
Del2Aps →mag 5.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.4To see it no equipment neededLook toward Apus

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.