K-type star · orange

HR 6717

HR 6717 is an orange in the constellation Draco 854 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,867 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 189× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 854 years ago.

854 lybrightness mag 6.25K5

Also catalogued as HD 164428 · HIP 87293

3,867 K
temperature
6.25
apparent magnitude
189× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
854 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
189×
the Sun's light output
-0.84
absolute magnitude
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HR 6717K-type
Sky regionDracothis direction
StarHR 719980 ly
StarTheta UMi110 ly
StarLambda UMi170 ly
StarEltaninstar
StarAthebynestar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Draco

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.