K-type star · orange

HR 6612

HR 6612 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 1,042 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,762 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 249× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,042 years ago.

1,042 lybrightness mag 6.38K4III

Also catalogued as HD 161369 · HIP 86713

3,762 K
temperature
6.38
apparent magnitude
249× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,042 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
249×
the Sun's light output
-1.14
absolute magnitude
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HR 6612K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
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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.