K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 6857

153 lybrightness mag 5.41K2III

Also catalogued as HD 168387 · HIP 89772

4,550 K

temperature

5.41

apparent magnitude

13.07× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

153 years

at light speed from Earth

0.79×

as hot as the Sun

13.07×

the Sun's light output

2.06

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6857K-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6797 →13 ly apart
HR 6722 →25 ly apart
Alya →26 ly apart
73 Oph →29 ly apart
HR 6985 →29 ly apart
HR 6999 →31 ly apart

Bright stars in Ophiuchus

Sabik →mag 2.4
13Zet Oph →mag 2.5
Yed Prior →mag 2.7
Cebalrai →mag 2.8
27Kap Oph →mag 3.2
Yed Posterior →mag 3.2
42The Oph →mag 3.3
64Nu Oph →mag 3.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.4To see it no equipment neededLook 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.