M-type star · red

HR 6428

824 lybrightness mag 6.28M0/M1III

Also catalogued as HD 156462 · HIP 84649

3,527 K

temperature

6.28

apparent magnitude

171× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M0/M1III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

824 years

at light speed from Earth

0.61×

as hot as the Sun

171×

the Sun's light output

-0.73

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6428M-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6473 →38 ly apart
52 Oph →100 ly apart
57Mu Oph →150 ly apart
43 Oph →170 ly apart
HR 6785 →180 ly apart
HR 6704 →190 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.