M-type star · red

HR 6282

HR 6282 is a red in the constellation Scorpius 805 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,456 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 162× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 805 years ago.

805 lybrightness mag 6.29K5III

Also catalogued as HD 152636 · HIP 82855

3,456 K
temperature
6.29
apparent magnitude
162× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
805 years
at light speed from Earth
0.60×
as hot as the Sun
162×
the Sun's light output
-0.67
absolute magnitude
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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.