K-type star · orange

HR 6737

HR 6737 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 1,406 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,721 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 546× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,406 years ago.

1,406 lybrightness mag 6.18K5III

Also catalogued as HD 164824 · HIP 88277

3,721 K
temperature
6.18
apparent magnitude
546× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,406 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
546×
the Sun's light output
-1.99
absolute magnitude
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HR 6737K-type
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Nearest stars
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.