M-type star · red

HR 6543

HR 6543 is a red in the constellation Hercules 602 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,656 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 84.72× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 602 years ago.

602 lybrightness mag 6.36M4IIIa

Also catalogued as HD 159354 · HIP 85934

3,656 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
84.72× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M4IIIa
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
602 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
84.72×
the Sun's light output
0.03
absolute magnitude
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HR 6543M-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 649535 ly
StarHR 658950 ly
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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.