K-type star · orange

HD 167162

HD 167162 is an orange in the constellation Ophiuchus 935 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,727 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 192× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 935 years ago.

935 lybrightness mag 6.43K2

Also catalogued as HIP 89347

3,727 K
temperature
6.43
apparent magnitude
192× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
935 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
192×
the Sun's light output
-0.86
absolute magnitude
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HD 167162K-type
Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.