K-type star · orange

HR 6791

HR 6791 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 410 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,962 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 137× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 410 years ago.

410 lybrightness mag 5.00G8III...

Also catalogued as HD 166208 · HIP 88788

4,962 K
temperature
5.00
apparent magnitude
137× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
410 years
at light speed from Earth
0.86×
as hot as the Sun
137×
the Sun's light output
-0.49
absolute magnitude
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HR 6791K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 685324 ly
StarHR 671824 ly
StarHR 659939 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.0To see it no equipment neededLook 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.