K-type star · orange

HR 6901

HR 6901 is an orange in the constellation Lyra 937 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,904 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 196× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 937 years ago.

937 lybrightness mag 6.41K2

Also catalogued as HD 169646 · HIP 90163

3,904 K
temperature
6.41
apparent magnitude
196× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
937 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
196×
the Sun's light output
-0.88
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lyra

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.