K-type star · orange

HR 6651

HR 6651 is an orange in the constellation Scorpius 620 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,230 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 120× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 620 years ago.

620 lybrightness mag 6.05K1III

Also catalogued as HD 162496 · HIP 87516

4,230 K
temperature
6.05
apparent magnitude
120× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
620 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
120×
the Sun's light output
-0.34
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Scorpius

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.