K-type star · orange

HR 6726

HR 6726 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 836 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,770 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 226× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 836 years ago.

836 lybrightness mag 6.01K6III

Also catalogued as HD 164614 · HIP 88190

3,770 K
temperature
6.01
apparent magnitude
226× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K6III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
836 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
226×
the Sun's light output
-1.03
absolute magnitude
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HR 6726K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarNu Her51 ly
StarHR 681470 ly
StarTheta Her100 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
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.