M-type star · red
6 Sgr
6 Sgr is a red in the constellation Sagittarius 2,630 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,437 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,759× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,630 years ago.
Also catalogued as HR 6715 · HD 164358 · HIP 88258
3,437 K
temperature
6.27
apparent magnitude
1,759× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,630 years
at light speed from Earth
0.60×
as hot as the Sun
1,759×
the Sun's light output
-3.26
absolute magnitude
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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.