K-type star · orange

HR 6954

HR 6954 is an orange in the constellation Telescopium 664 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,205 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 119× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 664 years ago.

664 lybrightness mag 6.21K2III

Also catalogued as HD 170873 · HIP 91062

4,205 K
temperature
6.21
apparent magnitude
119× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
664 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
119×
the Sun's light output
-0.34
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Telescopium

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.