G-type star · yellow, like our Sun
HR 6497
HR 6497 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Ophiuchus 667 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,999 K, and it shines at 144× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 667 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 157978 · HIP 85333
5,999 K
temperature
6.01
apparent magnitude
144× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
667 years
at light speed from Earth
1.04×
as hot as the Sun
144×
the Sun's light output
-0.54
absolute magnitude
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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.