F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 6531

HR 6531 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Hercules 948 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,344 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 197× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 948 years ago.

948 lybrightness mag 6.43F6III

Also catalogued as HD 159026 · HIP 85688

6,344 K
temperature
6.43
apparent magnitude
197× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F6III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
948 years
at light speed from Earth
1.10×
as hot as the Sun
197×
the Sun's light output
-0.89
absolute magnitude
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HR 6531F-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 6612140 ly
StarHR 6702140 ly
Star88 Her170 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.