K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 6053

251 lybrightness mag 6.32K1III

Also catalogued as HD 145997 · HIP 79605

4,548 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
15.35× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
251 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
15.35×
the Sun's light output
1.89
absolute magnitude
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HR 6053K-type
Sky regionScorpiusthis direction
Star8Phi Oph20 ly
StarHR 624039 ly
Star10Ome2Sco42 ly
StarShaulastar
StarSargasstar
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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Scorpius

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.