K-type star · orange
HR 6757
HR 6757 is an orange in the constellation Serpens 701 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,709 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 119× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 701 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 165462 · HIP 88671
4,709 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
119× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8IIp
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
701 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
119×
the Sun's light output
-0.34
absolute magnitude
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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.