K-type star · orange dwarf

HD 6734

HD 6734 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Cetus 158 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,143 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 5.44× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 158 years ago.

158 lybrightness mag 6.44K0IV

Also catalogued as HIP 5315

5,143 K

temperature

6.44

apparent magnitude

5.44× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

158 years

at light speed from Earth

0.89×

as hot as the Sun

5.44×

the Sun's light output

3.01

absolute magnitude

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HD 6734K-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

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Bright stars in Cetus

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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cetus

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.