K-type star · orange

HR 6940

HR 6940 is an orange in the constellation Scutum 458 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,858 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 53.36× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 458 years ago.

458 lybrightness mag 6.27G8II-III

Also catalogued as HD 170547 · HIP 90692

4,858 K
temperature
6.27
apparent magnitude
53.36× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8II-III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
458 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
53.36×
the Sun's light output
0.53
absolute magnitude
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HR 6940K-type
Sky regionScutumthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Scutum

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.