K-type star · orange

HR 6740

HR 6740 is an orange in the constellation Pavo 498 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,183 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 55.92× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 498 years ago.

498 lybrightness mag 6.40K2/K3III

Also catalogued as HD 164871 · HIP 88815

4,183 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
55.92× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2/K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
498 years
at light speed from Earth
0.72×
as hot as the Sun
55.92×
the Sun's light output
0.48
absolute magnitude
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HR 6740K-type
Sky regionPavothis direction
StarHR 663416 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pavo

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.