K-type star · orange

HR 6284

HR 6284 is an orange in the constellation Ophiuchus 137 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,861 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 4.52× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 137 years ago.

137 lybrightness mag 6.33K0/K1III/IV

Also catalogued as HD 152781 · HIP 82861

4,861 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
4.52× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0/K1III/IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
137 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
4.52×
the Sun's light output
3.21
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ophiuchus

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.