F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 6347

HR 6347 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Scorpius 2,038 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,684 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,179× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,038 years ago.

2,038 lybrightness mag 6.15O9.5Iab

Also catalogued as HD 154368 · HIP 83706

6,684 K

temperature

6.15

apparent magnitude

1,179× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

O9.5Iab

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,038 years

at light speed from Earth

1.16×

as hot as the Sun

1,179×

the Sun's light output

-2.83

absolute magnitude

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HR 6347F-type

Sky regionScorpiusthis direction

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Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Scorpius

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.