K-type star · orange dwarf
HR 6145
HR 6145 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Scorpius 224 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,548 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 15.29× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 224 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 148760 · HIP 80910
4,548 K
temperature
6.07
apparent magnitude
15.29× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
224 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
15.29×
the Sun's light output
1.89
absolute magnitude
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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.