K-type star · orange

HR 6824

HR 6824 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 537 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,653 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 67.55× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 537 years ago.

537 lybrightness mag 6.36K0III

Also catalogued as HD 167304 · HIP 89246

4,653 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
67.55× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
537 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
67.55×
the Sun's light output
0.28
absolute magnitude
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HR 6824K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 684556 ly
StarHR 672859 ly
StarHR 675370 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.