K-type star · orange

HR 6853

HR 6853 is an orange in the constellation Lyra 400 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,799 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 46.73× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 400 years ago.

400 lybrightness mag 6.12G9III

Also catalogued as HD 168322 · HIP 89604

4,799 K
temperature
6.12
apparent magnitude
46.73× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G9III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
400 years
at light speed from Earth
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
46.73×
the Sun's light output
0.68
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lyra

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.