K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 6301

HR 6301 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Hercules 199 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,917 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 9.13× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 199 years ago.

199 lybrightness mag 6.38K0V

Also catalogued as HD 153226 · HIP 82989

4,917 K
temperature
6.38
apparent magnitude
9.13× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
199 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
9.13×
the Sun's light output
2.45
absolute magnitude
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HR 6301K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
Star47 Her31 ly
StarHR 618133 ly
StarGamma Her35 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.