K-type star · orange

HR 6661

brightness mag 6.18G3Ibv SB

Also catalogued as HD 162714 · HIP 87495

4,213 K

temperature

6.18

apparent magnitude

29,376,497× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G3Ibv SB

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

0.73×

as hot as the Sun

29,376,497×

the Sun's light output

-13.82

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6661K-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6747 →49,000 ly apart
HR 7066 →77,000 ly apart
HR 7055 →79,000 ly apart
HR 7014 →83,000 ly apart
16 Sgr →87,000 ly apart
15 Sgr →88,000 ly apart

Bright stars in Ophiuchus

Sabik →mag 2.4
13Zet Oph →mag 2.5
Yed Prior →mag 2.7
Cebalrai →mag 2.8
27Kap Oph →mag 3.2
Yed Posterior →mag 3.2
42The Oph →mag 3.3
64Nu Oph →mag 3.3

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ophiuchus

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.