K-type star · orange

HR 6330

HR 6330 is an orange in the constellation Draco 304 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,379 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 28.97× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 304 years ago.

304 lybrightness mag 6.04K1III:

Also catalogued as HD 153956 · HIP 83138

4,379 K

temperature

6.04

apparent magnitude

28.97× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1III:

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

304 years

at light speed from Earth

0.76×

as hot as the Sun

28.97×

the Sun's light output

1.20

absolute magnitude

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HR 6330K-type

Sky regionDracothis direction

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Bright stars in Draco

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Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Draco

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.