K-type star · orange

HR 6887

HR 6887 is an orange in the constellation Hercules 380 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,278 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 38.37× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 380 years ago.

380 lybrightness mag 6.22K0

Also catalogued as HD 169223 · HIP 90086

4,278 K
temperature
6.22
apparent magnitude
38.37× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
380 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
38.37×
the Sun's light output
0.89
absolute magnitude
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HR 6887K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 690613 ly
StarHR 688518 ly
StarHR 674437 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.