K-type star · orange

HR 6069

HR 6069 is an orange in the constellation Draco 430 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,760 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 49.61× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 430 years ago.

430 lybrightness mag 6.21G8III

Also catalogued as HD 146603 · HIP 79414

4,760 K
temperature
6.21
apparent magnitude
49.61× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
430 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
49.61×
the Sun's light output
0.61
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.2To 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.