K-type star · orange

HR 6242

HR 6242 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 755 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,787 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 211× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 755 years ago.

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
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HR 6242K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 623035 ly
Star61 Her99 ly
StarHR 6313100 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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.