K-type star · orange

HR 6057

HR 6057 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 356 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,413 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 31.42× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 356 years ago.

356 lybrightness mag 6.30K2III

Also catalogued as HD 146084 · HIP 79581

4,413 K
temperature
6.30
apparent magnitude
31.42× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
356 years
at light speed from Earth
0.76×
as hot as the Sun
31.42×
the Sun's light output
1.11
absolute magnitude
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HR 6057K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
Star43 Ser18 ly
Star21 Her20 ly
StarHR 612139 ly
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StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hercules

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.