F-type star · yellow-white star
HR 6653
HR 6653 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Scorpius 207 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,205 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 13.53× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 207 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 162517 · HIP 87532
7,205 K
temperature
6.03
apparent magnitude
13.53× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F2V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
207 years
at light speed from Earth
1.25×
as hot as the Sun
13.53×
the Sun's light output
2.02
absolute magnitude
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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.