K-type star · orange

HR 6307

HR 6307 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 493 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,539 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 57.49× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 493 years ago.

493 lybrightness mag 6.35K0III

Also catalogued as HD 153312 · HIP 83007

4,539 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
57.49× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
493 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
57.49×
the Sun's light output
0.45
absolute magnitude
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HR 6307K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
Star56 Her49 ly
Star57 Her60 ly
StarHR 645563 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.