M-type star · red

HR 6463

HR 6463 is a red in the constellation Hercules 1,000 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,638 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 236× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,000 years ago.

1,000 lybrightness mag 6.35M2III

Also catalogued as HD 157257 · HIP 84938

3,638 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
236× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,000 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
236×
the Sun's light output
-1.08
absolute magnitude
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HR 6463M-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
Star37 Oph150 ly
StarHR 6358170 ly
Star96 Her190 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.