K-type star · orange

HD 149908

HD 149908 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 534 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,409 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 59.70× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 534 years ago.

534 lybrightness mag 6.48K0

Also catalogued as HIP 81404

4,409 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
59.70× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
534 years
at light speed from Earth
0.76×
as hot as the Sun
59.70×
the Sun's light output
0.41
absolute magnitude
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HD 149908K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
Star19 Oph38 ly
Star16 Oph54 ly
StarHR 612476 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.