M-type star · red

HR 6861

1,066 lybrightness mag 6.19M3III

Also catalogued as HD 168574 · HIP 89980

3,365 K

temperature

6.19

apparent magnitude

311× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,066 years

at light speed from Earth

0.58×

as hot as the Sun

311×

the Sun's light output

-1.38

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6861M-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

Star7 Sgr82 ly

StarHR 6693140 ly

StarHR 7023150 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

7 Sgr →82 ly apart
HR 6693 →140 ly apart
HR 7023 →150 ly apart
Ainalrami →160 ly apart
HR 6838 →160 ly apart
3 Sgr →170 ly apart

Bright stars in Sagittarius

Kaus Australis →mag 1.8
Nunki →mag 2.0
Ascella →mag 2.6
Kaus Media →mag 2.7
Kaus Borealis →mag 2.8
Albaldah →mag 2.9
Alnasl →mag 3.0
Eta Sgr →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Sagittarius

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.