K-type star · orange

HR 6886

HR 6886 is an orange in the constellation Draco 558 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,545 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 70.73× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 558 years ago.

558 lybrightness mag 6.39K1III

Also catalogued as HD 169221 · HIP 89943

4,545 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
70.73× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
558 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
70.73×
the Sun's light output
0.23
absolute magnitude
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HR 6886K-type
Sky regionDracothis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Draco

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.