K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 5553

37.5 lybrightness mag 6.00K2V

Also catalogued as HD 131511 · HIP 72848 · Gliese Gl 567

5,160 K

temperature

6.00

apparent magnitude

0.46× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

38 years

at light speed from Earth

0.89×

as hot as the Sun

0.46×

the Sun's light output

5.70

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5553K-type

Sky regionBoötesthis direction

Nearest stars

Muphrid →9.1 ly apart
41Gam Ser →10 ly apart
27Lam Ser →12 ly apart
HD 115404 →15 ly apart
37Xi Boo →16 ly apart
43Bet Com →16 ly apart

Bright stars in Boötes

Izar →mag 2.4
Muphrid →mag 2.7
Seginus →mag 3.0
49Del Boo →mag 3.5
Nekkar →mag 3.5
25Rho Boo →mag 3.6
30Zet Boo →mag 3.8
23The Boo →mag 4.0

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Boötes

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.