M-type star · red

HR 6308

541 lybrightness mag 5.88M1/M2III

Also catalogued as HD 153336 · HIP 83176

3,639 K

temperature

5.88

apparent magnitude

106× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M1/M2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

541 years

at light speed from Earth

0.63×

as hot as the Sun

106×

the Sun's light output

-0.22

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6308M-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 156992 →52 ly apart
HR 6387 →53 ly apart
HR 6294 →67 ly apart
29 Oph →72 ly apart
HR 6340 →81 ly apart
Paikauhale →87 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 5.9To 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.