K-type star · orange

HR 6885

HR 6885 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 363 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,213 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 85.59× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.3 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 363 years ago.

363 lybrightness mag 5.25K3III

Also catalogued as HD 169191 · HIP 90067

4,213 K
temperature
5.25
apparent magnitude
85.59× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
363 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
85.59×
the Sun's light output
0.02
absolute magnitude
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HR 6885K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 688718 ly
StarHR 690629 ly
StarHR 674437 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.3To 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.