M-type star · red

6 Aur

6 Aur is a red in the constellation Auriga 1,098 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,545 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 257× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,098 years ago.

1,098 lybrightness mag 6.46K4Iab:

Also catalogued as HR 1602 · HD 31780 · HIP 23268

3,545 K

temperature

6.46

apparent magnitude

257× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K4Iab:

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,098 years

at light speed from Earth

0.61×

as hot as the Sun

257×

the Sun's light output

-1.18

absolute magnitude

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6 AurM-type

Sky regionAurigathis direction

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Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Auriga

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.