K-type star · orange

HR 6702

HR 6702 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 968 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,866 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 249× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 968 years ago.

968 lybrightness mag 6.22M6Sv

Also catalogued as HD 163990 · HIP 87850

3,866 K
temperature
6.22
apparent magnitude
249× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M6Sv
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
968 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
249×
the Sun's light output
-1.14
absolute magnitude
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HR 6702K-type
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Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hercules

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.