K-type star · orange

HR 6152

HR 6152 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 628 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,168 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 259× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.2 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 628 years ago.

628 lybrightness mag 5.24G8p

Also catalogued as HD 148897 · HIP 80843

4,168 K
temperature
5.24
apparent magnitude
259× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8p
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
628 years
at light speed from Earth
0.72×
as hot as the Sun
259×
the Sun's light output
-1.18
absolute magnitude
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HR 6152K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
Star10 Her81 ly
StarHR 635299 ly
Star51 Her100 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook 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.