K-type star · orange

HD 6403

HD 6403 is an orange in the constellation Sculptor 534 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,578 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 61.94× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 534 years ago.

534 lybrightness mag 6.44K0III

Also catalogued as HIP 5042

4,578 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
61.94× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
534 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
61.94×
the Sun's light output
0.37
absolute magnitude
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HD 6403K-type
Sky regionSculptorthis direction
StarXi Scl53 ly
StarHR 13872 ly
StarLambda¹ Scl84 ly
StarAlpha Sclstar
StarBeta Sclstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Sculptor
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Sculptor

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.