K-type star · orange

HR 6711

HR 6711 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 369 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,869 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 43.25× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 369 years ago.

369 lybrightness mag 6.03G5III:

Also catalogued as HD 164280 · HIP 88020

4,869 K
temperature
6.03
apparent magnitude
43.25× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
369 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
43.25×
the Sun's light output
0.76
absolute magnitude
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HR 6711K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 680729 ly
Star90 Her29 ly
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Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.