M-type star · red

HR 6882

HR 6882 is a red in the constellation Hercules 651 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,604 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 238× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.4 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 651 years ago.

651 lybrightness mag 5.41K5III

Also catalogued as HD 169110 · HIP 90023

3,604 K
temperature
5.41
apparent magnitude
238× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
651 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
238×
the Sun's light output
-1.09
absolute magnitude
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HR 6882M-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 685261 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.4To see it no equipment neededLook 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.