F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 6261

HR 6261 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Scorpius 3,106 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,566 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 2,430× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 3,106 years ago.

3,106 lybrightness mag 6.28B1Ia

Also catalogued as HD 152235 · HIP 82669

6,566 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
2,430× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B1Ia
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
3,106 years
at light speed from Earth
1.14×
as hot as the Sun
2,430×
the Sun's light output
-3.61
absolute magnitude
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HR 6261F-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Scorpius

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.