K-type star · orange

6 Dra

6 Dra is an orange in the constellation Draco 602 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,100 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 310× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 602 years ago.

602 lybrightness mag 4.95K2III

Also catalogued as HR 4795 · HD 109551 · HIP 61384

4,100 K
temperature
4.95
apparent magnitude
310× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
602 years
at light speed from Earth
0.71×
as hot as the Sun
310×
the Sun's light output
-1.38
absolute magnitude
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6 DraK-type
Sky regionDracothis direction
Star4 Dra22 ly
Star9 Dra50 ly
Star3 Dra61 ly
StarEltaninstar
StarAthebynestar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Draco
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Draco

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.