K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 6512

HR 6512 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Ophiuchus 258 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,917 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 15.53× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 258 years ago.

258 lybrightness mag 6.36K0III

Also catalogued as HD 158463 · HIP 85622

4,917 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
15.53× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
258 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
15.53×
the Sun's light output
1.87
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ophiuchus

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.