K-type star · orange

HR 6256

HR 6256 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 557 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,200 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 85.59× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 557 years ago.

557 lybrightness mag 6.18K0IV

Also catalogued as HD 152153 · HIP 82355

4,200 K
temperature
6.18
apparent magnitude
85.59× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
557 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
85.59×
the Sun's light output
0.02
absolute magnitude
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HR 6256K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 636252 ly
Star74 Her59 ly
StarHR 648881 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.