F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 6302

HR 6302 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Ophiuchus 169 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,929 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 6.00× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 169 years ago.

169 lybrightness mag 6.48F3IV/V

Also catalogued as HD 153229 · HIP 83090

6,929 K

temperature

6.48

apparent magnitude

6.00× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F3IV/V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

169 years

at light speed from Earth

1.20×

as hot as the Sun

6.00×

the Sun's light output

2.90

absolute magnitude

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HR 6302F-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

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Bright stars in Ophiuchus

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Brightness mag 6.5To 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.