K-type star · orange

HR 6183

HR 6183 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 1,000 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,640 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 382× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,000 years ago.

1,000 lybrightness mag 5.83G8II

Also catalogued as HD 150030 · HIP 81289

4,640 K
temperature
5.83
apparent magnitude
382× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,000 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
382×
the Sun's light output
-1.60
absolute magnitude
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HR 6183K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 6157200 ly
StarHR 6612220 ly
Star88 Her220 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.8To 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.