K-type star · orange

23 Oph

241 lybrightness mag 5.23K2III

Also catalogued as HR 6280 · HD 152601 · HIP 82730

4,515 K

temperature

5.23

apparent magnitude

38.37× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

241 years

at light speed from Earth

0.78×

as hot as the Sun

38.37×

the Sun's light output

0.89

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

23 OphK-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6277 →22 ly apart
HR 6296 →32 ly apart
HR 6240 →40 ly apart
HR 6512 →42 ly apart
HR 6248 →44 ly apart
41 Oph →47 ly apart

Bright stars in Ophiuchus

Sabik →mag 2.4
13Zet Oph →mag 2.5
Yed Prior →mag 2.7
Cebalrai →mag 2.8
27Kap Oph →mag 3.2
Yed Posterior →mag 3.2
42The Oph →mag 3.3
64Nu Oph →mag 3.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ophiuchus

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.