F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 6222

HR 6222 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Hercules 174 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,331 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 9.68× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 174 years ago.

174 lybrightness mag 6.02F2.5III-IV

Also catalogued as HD 151087 · HIP 81911

7,331 K
temperature
6.02
apparent magnitude
9.68× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F2.5III-IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
174 years
at light speed from Earth
1.27×
as hot as the Sun
9.68×
the Sun's light output
2.38
absolute magnitude
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HR 6222F-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
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Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.