K-type star · orange

HR 6239

720 lybrightness mag 6.38G5III

Also catalogued as HD 151627 · HIP 82241

5,059 K

temperature

6.38

apparent magnitude

119× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

720 years

at light speed from Earth

0.88×

as hot as the Sun

119×

the Sun's light output

-0.34

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6239K-type

Sky regionHerculesthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6343 →97 ly apart
Mahsati →120 ly apart
HR 6476 →130 ly apart
HR 6152 →130 ly apart
51 Her →140 ly apart
HD 145050 →140 ly apart

Bright stars in Hercules

Kornephoros →mag 2.8
Rasalgethi →mag 2.8
40Zet Her →mag 2.8
Sarin →mag 3.1
67Pi Her →mag 3.2
86Mu Her →mag 3.4
44Eta Her →mag 3.5
92Xi Her →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To 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.