K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 6357

HR 6357 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Apus 217 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,599 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 12.67× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 217 years ago.

217 lybrightness mag 6.21K1IVCN...

Also catalogued as HD 154556 · HIP 84158

4,599 K
temperature
6.21
apparent magnitude
12.67× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1IVCN...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
217 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
12.67×
the Sun's light output
2.09
absolute magnitude
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HR 6357K-type
Sky regionApusthis direction
StarZeta Pav28 ly
StarPhi Oct33 ly
StarEpsilon TrA39 ly
StarParadysstar
StarGamma Apsstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Apus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Apus

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.