K-type star · orange

HR 6591

HR 6591 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 425 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,570 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 44.71× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 425 years ago.

425 lybrightness mag 6.30K0III

Also catalogued as HD 160822 · HIP 86506

4,570 K
temperature
6.30
apparent magnitude
44.71× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
425 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
44.71×
the Sun's light output
0.72
absolute magnitude
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HR 6591K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 656426 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.