K-type star · orange

HR 6231

HR 6231 is an orange in the constellation Triangulum Australe 440 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,141 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 46.60× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 440 years ago.

440 lybrightness mag 6.33K2III

Also catalogued as HD 151404 · HIP 82539

4,141 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
46.60× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
440 years
at light speed from Earth
0.72×
as hot as the Sun
46.60×
the Sun's light output
0.68
absolute magnitude
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HR 6231K-type
Sky regionTriangulum Australethis direction
StarHD 15955839 ly
StarHR 625346 ly
StarAtria51 ly
StarBeta TrAstar
StarGamma TrAstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Triangulum Australe
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Triangulum Australe

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.