K-type star · orange

HR 6242

755 lybrightness mag 5.86M4IIIa

Also catalogued as HD 151732 · HIP 82172

3,787 K

temperature

5.86

apparent magnitude

211× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M4IIIa

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

755 years

at light speed from Earth

0.66×

as hot as the Sun

211×

the Sun's light output

-0.96

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6242K-type

Sky regionHerculesthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6230 →35 ly apart
61 Her →99 ly apart
HR 6313 →100 ly apart
HD 145957 →110 ly apart
HR 6491 →120 ly apart
HR 6286 →120 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.