K-type star · orange

HD 155061

HD 155061 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 1,496 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,148 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 487× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,496 years ago.

1,496 lybrightness mag 6.44K2

Also catalogued as HIP 83834

4,148 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
487× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,496 years
at light speed from Earth
0.72×
as hot as the Sun
487×
the Sun's light output
-1.87
absolute magnitude
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HD 155061K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 6430220 ly
StarHR 6737300 ly
Star50 Her440 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.