K-type star · orange

HR 6296

HR 6296 is an orange in the constellation Ophiuchus 265 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,743 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 19.90× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 265 years ago.

265 lybrightness mag 6.15G8III-IV

Also catalogued as HD 153021 · HIP 82979

4,743 K
temperature
6.15
apparent magnitude
19.90× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III-IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
265 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
19.90×
the Sun's light output
1.60
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.