K-type star · orange

HR 6800

403 lybrightness mag 5.50K2III

Also catalogued as HD 166460 · HIP 89065

4,301 K

temperature

5.50

apparent magnitude

83.95× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

403 years

at light speed from Earth

0.75×

as hot as the Sun

83.95×

the Sun's light output

0.04

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6800K-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6689 →36 ly apart
HR 6639 →46 ly apart
HR 6709 →47 ly apart
HR 6667 →49 ly apart
HR 6898 →55 ly apart
HR 6686 →57 ly apart

Bright stars in Ophiuchus

Sabik →mag 2.4
13Zet Oph →mag 2.5
Yed Prior →mag 2.7
Cebalrai →mag 2.8
27Kap Oph →mag 3.2
Yed Posterior →mag 3.2
42The Oph →mag 3.3
64Nu Oph →mag 3.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ophiuchus

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.