K-type star · orange

HR 6495

HR 6495 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 620 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,752 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 115× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 620 years ago.

620 lybrightness mag 6.09M4III

Also catalogued as HD 157967 · HIP 85302

3,752 K
temperature
6.09
apparent magnitude
115× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
620 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
115×
the Sun's light output
-0.30
absolute magnitude
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HR 6495K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 654335 ly
StarHR 650249 ly
StarHR 635274 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.