K-type star · orange

HR 6343

HR 6343 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 750 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,767 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 133× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 750 years ago.

750 lybrightness mag 6.35A...

Also catalogued as HD 154301 · HIP 83493

3,767 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
133× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
750 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
133×
the Sun's light output
-0.46
absolute magnitude
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HR 6343K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
Star51 Her88 ly
StarHR 623997 ly
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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.