K-type star · orange

HR 6438

HR 6438 is an orange in the constellation Ara 1,094 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,570 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 444× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,094 years ago.

1,094 lybrightness mag 5.86G8Ib/II

Also catalogued as HD 156768 · HIP 85049

4,570 K
temperature
5.86
apparent magnitude
444× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8Ib/II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,094 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
444×
the Sun's light output
-1.77
absolute magnitude
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HR 6438K-type
Sky regionArathis direction
StarGamma Ara37 ly
StarHR 6487120 ly
StarHR 6215140 ly
StarBeta Arastar
StarAlpha Arastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Ara
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ara

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.