K-type star · orange

HR 6820

HR 6820 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 1,231 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,836 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 434× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,231 years ago.

1,231 lybrightness mag 6.14K4III

Also catalogued as HD 167193 · HIP 89298

3,836 K
temperature
6.14
apparent magnitude
434× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,231 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
434×
the Sun's light output
-1.74
absolute magnitude
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HR 6820K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 694391 ly
StarHR 6720130 ly
StarHR 6924210 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.