K-type star · orange

HR 6120

HR 6120 is an orange in the constellation Norma. Its surface is about 3,856 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 31,915,379× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.

brightness mag 6.09G8Ib

Also catalogued as HD 148218 · HIP 80788

3,856 K

temperature

6.09

apparent magnitude

31,915,379× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8Ib

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

0.67×

as hot as the Sun

31,915,379×

the Sun's light output

-13.91

absolute magnitude

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HR 6120K-type

Sky regionNormathis direction

StarHR 618752,000 ly

StarHR 568054,000 ly

StarDelta Cir56,000 ly

StarGamma² Norstar

StarEpsilon Norstar

Nearest stars

Bright stars in Norma

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Norma

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.