K-type star · orange

HR 6238

HR 6238 is an orange in the constellation Ursa Minor 438 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,428 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 46.09× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 438 years ago.

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
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Sky regionUrsa Minorthis direction
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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.