K-type star · orange

HR 6419

HR 6419 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 565 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,060 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 105× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 565 years ago.

565 lybrightness mag 5.99K2III

Also catalogued as HD 156284 · HIP 84431

4,060 K
temperature
5.99
apparent magnitude
105× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
565 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
105×
the Sun's light output
-0.20
absolute magnitude
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HR 6419K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
Star57 Her45 ly
StarHR 650248 ly
StarHR 635250 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook 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.