K-type star · orange

HR 6259

HR 6259 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 307 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,709 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 26.47× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 307 years ago.

307 lybrightness mag 6.16K0III

Also catalogued as HD 152224 · HIP 82426

4,709 K
temperature
6.16
apparent magnitude
26.47× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
307 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
26.47×
the Sun's light output
1.29
absolute magnitude
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HR 6259K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
Star59 Her21 ly
StarHR 633639 ly
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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.