M-type star · red

HR 6428

HR 6428 is a red in the constellation Ophiuchus 824 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,527 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 171× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 824 years ago.

824 lybrightness mag 6.28M0/M1III

Also catalogued as HD 156462 · HIP 84649

3,527 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
171× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0/M1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
824 years
at light speed from Earth
0.61×
as hot as the Sun
171×
the Sun's light output
-0.73
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ophiuchus

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.