F-type star · yellow-white star
HR 6177
HR 6177 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Ara 102 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,444 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 2.91× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 102 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 149837 · HIP 81657
6,444 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
2.91× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F2III-IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
102 years
at light speed from Earth
1.12×
as hot as the Sun
2.91×
the Sun's light output
3.69
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.