K-type star · orange

HR 6238

438 lybrightness mag 6.33G9III

Also catalogued as HD 151623 · HIP 81428 · Gliese Gl 635.1

4,428 K

temperature

6.33

apparent magnitude

46.09× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G9III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

438 years

at light speed from Earth

0.77×

as hot as the Sun

46.09×

the Sun's light output

0.69

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6238K-type

Sky regionUrsa Minorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5479 →46 ly apart
HR 7006 →52 ly apart
HR 6191 →62 ly apart
4 UMi →62 ly apart
HR 5203 →68 ly apart
HR 7025 →71 ly apart

Bright stars in Ursa Minor

Kochab →mag 2.1
Pherkad →mag 3.0
22Eps UMi →mag 4.2
5 UMi →mag 4.3
16Zet UMi →mag 4.3
Yildun →mag 4.3
4 UMi →mag 4.8
21Eta UMi →mag 5.0

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ursa Minor

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.