F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 6562

HR 6562 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Serpens 1,546 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,118 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 823× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,546 years ago.

1,546 lybrightness mag 5.94F0IV

Also catalogued as HD 159877 · HIP 86266

7,118 K
temperature
5.94
apparent magnitude
823× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F0IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,546 years
at light speed from Earth
1.23×
as hot as the Sun
823×
the Sun's light output
-2.44
absolute magnitude
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HR 6562F-type
Sky regionSerpensthis direction
StarHD 165784260 ly
StarHR 6825280 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Serpens
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Serpens

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.