K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 6512

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

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6512K-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

23 Oph →42 ly apart
HR 6296 →44 ly apart
HR 6277 →44 ly apart
61 Oph →47 ly apart
HR 6367 →49 ly apart
HR 6361 →51 ly apart

Bright stars in Ophiuchus

Sabik →mag 2.4
13Zet Oph →mag 2.5
Yed Prior →mag 2.7
Cebalrai →mag 2.8
27Kap Oph →mag 3.2
Yed Posterior →mag 3.2
42The Oph →mag 3.3
64Nu Oph →mag 3.3

Can you see it tonight?

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.