K-type star · orange

HR 6196

412 lybrightness mag 4.91G8II/III

Also catalogued as HD 150416 · HIP 81724 · Gliese GJ 9574

4,526 K

temperature

4.91

apparent magnitude

151× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8II/III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

412 years

at light speed from Earth

0.78×

as hot as the Sun

151×

the Sun's light output

-0.60

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6196K-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6190 →42 ly apart
22 Sco →56 ly apart
HR 6365 →57 ly apart
Acrab →63 ly apart
Acrab B →64 ly apart
13Zet Oph →68 ly apart

Bright stars in Ophiuchus

Sabik →mag 2.4
13Zet Oph →mag 2.5
Yed Prior →mag 2.7
Cebalrai →mag 2.8
27Kap Oph →mag 3.2
Yed Posterior →mag 3.2
42The Oph →mag 3.3
64Nu Oph →mag 3.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ophiuchus

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.