K-type star · orange

HR 6617

2,548 lybrightness mag 6.18G3/G5Ib

Also catalogued as HD 161664 · HIP 87099

3,877 K

temperature

6.18

apparent magnitude

1,793× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G3/G5Ib

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,548 years

at light speed from Earth

0.67×

as hot as the Sun

1,793×

the Sun's light output

-3.28

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6617K-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 6762280 ly

Star6 Sgr290 ly

Star24 Sgr650 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

HR 6762 →280 ly apart
6 Sgr →290 ly apart
24 Sgr →650 ly apart
HR 6959 →700 ly apart
HR 6692 →780 ly apart
Iot2Sco →780 ly apart

Bright stars in Sagittarius

Kaus Australis →mag 1.8
Nunki →mag 2.0
Ascella →mag 2.6
Kaus Media →mag 2.7
Kaus Borealis →mag 2.8
Albaldah →mag 2.9
Alnasl →mag 3.0
Eta Sgr →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Sagittarius

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.