K-type star · orange
HR 6239
HR 6239 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 720 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,059 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 119× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 720 years ago.
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
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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.