K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 6793

HR 6793 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Hercules 207 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,387 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 22.45× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.5 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 207 years ago.

207 lybrightness mag 5.49K2III

Also catalogued as HD 166229 · HIP 88836

4,387 K
temperature
5.49
apparent magnitude
22.45× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
207 years
at light speed from Earth
0.76×
as hot as the Sun
22.45×
the Sun's light output
1.47
absolute magnitude
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HR 6793K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
Star108 Her34 ly
StarHR 676735 ly
StarHR 657038 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.5To 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.