K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 6426

HR 6426 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Scorpius 22.3 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,554 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.18× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 22 years ago.

22.3 lybrightness mag 5.91K4V

Also catalogued as HD 156384 · HIP 84709 · Gliese Gl 667A

4,554 K
temperature
5.91
apparent magnitude
0.18× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
22 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
0.18×
the Sun's light output
6.74
absolute magnitude
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HR 6426K-type
Sky regionScorpiusthis direction
StarGuniibuu B4.1 ly
StarHD 1560264.2 ly
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Bright stars in Scorpius
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.