K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 6995

HR 6995 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Hercules 305 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,007 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 22.76× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 305 years ago.

305 lybrightness mag 6.31G8IV

Also catalogued as HD 171994 · HIP 91279

5,007 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
22.76× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
305 years
at light speed from Earth
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
22.76×
the Sun's light output
1.46
absolute magnitude
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HR 6995K-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
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Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.