K-type star · orange

HR 6617

HR 6617 is an orange in the constellation Sagittarius 2,548 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,877 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,793× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,548 years ago.

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

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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.