K-type star · orange

HR 6785

HR 6785 is an orange in the constellation Serpens 826 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,905 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 157× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 826 years ago.

826 lybrightness mag 6.38K1II

Also catalogued as HD 166103 · HIP 88981

3,905 K
temperature
6.38
apparent magnitude
157× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
826 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
157×
the Sun's light output
-0.64
absolute magnitude
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HR 6785K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Serpens

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.