M-type star · red

HR 6854

HR 6854 is a red in the constellation Hercules 1,623 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,518 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 567× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,623 years ago.

1,623 lybrightness mag 6.45K5

Also catalogued as HD 168323 · HIP 89683

3,518 K
temperature
6.45
apparent magnitude
567× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,623 years
at light speed from Earth
0.61×
as hot as the Sun
567×
the Sun's light output
-2.03
absolute magnitude
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HR 6854M-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 6851280 ly
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StarHR 6737350 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To 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.