K-type star · orange

HD 150493

HD 150493 is an orange in the constellation Ophiuchus 977 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,698 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 215× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 977 years ago.

977 lybrightness mag 6.40K0

Also catalogued as HIP 81691

4,698 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
215× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
977 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
215×
the Sun's light output
-0.98
absolute magnitude
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HD 150493K-type
Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction
StarHR 6353180 ly
StarHR 6358190 ly
StarSigma Oph200 ly
StarSabikstar
StarZeta Ophstar
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.