K-type star · orange

HR 6313

HR 6313 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 655 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,158 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 100× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 655 years ago.

655 lybrightness mag 6.36K3III

Also catalogued as HD 153472 · HIP 83013

4,158 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
100× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
655 years
at light speed from Earth
0.72×
as hot as the Sun
100×
the Sun's light output
-0.15
absolute magnitude
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HR 6313K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 628657 ly
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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.