K-type star · orange

HR 6363

HR 6363 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 366 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,534 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 39.48× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 366 years ago.

366 lybrightness mag 6.11K1III

Also catalogued as HD 154732 · HIP 83575

4,534 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
39.48× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
366 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
39.48×
the Sun's light output
0.86
absolute magnitude
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HR 6363K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.