G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 6488

HR 6488 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Hercules 572 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,548 K, and it shines at 68.61× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 572 years ago.

572 lybrightness mag 6.48F8IV

Also catalogued as HD 157853 · HIP 85149

5,548 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
68.61× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F8IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
572 years
at light speed from Earth
0.96×
as hot as the Sun
68.61×
the Sun's light output
0.26
absolute magnitude
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HR 6488G-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
Star74 Her77 ly
StarHR 625681 ly
StarHR 636285 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To 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.