K-type star · orange

HR 6038

HR 6038 is an orange in the constellation Draco 427 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,567 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 40.07× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 427 years ago.

427 lybrightness mag 6.43K0

Also catalogued as HD 145694 · HIP 79164

4,567 K
temperature
6.43
apparent magnitude
40.07× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
427 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
40.07×
the Sun's light output
0.84
absolute magnitude
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HR 6038K-type
Sky regionDracothis direction
StarHR 603629 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.