K-type star · orange
HR 6704
HR 6704 is an orange in the constellation Sagittarius 919 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,942 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 225× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 919 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 164028 · HIP 88125
3,942 K
temperature
6.22
apparent magnitude
225× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
919 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
225×
the Sun's light output
-1.03
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.