K-type star · orange

HR 6599

HR 6599 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 427 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,311 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 42.66× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 427 years ago.

427 lybrightness mag 6.36K2

Also catalogued as HD 160950 · HIP 86501

4,311 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
42.66× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
427 years
at light speed from Earth
0.75×
as hot as the Sun
42.66×
the Sun's light output
0.78
absolute magnitude
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HR 6599K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 671828 ly
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StarKornephorosstar
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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.