K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 6439

162 lybrightness mag 6.31G9V

Also catalogued as HD 156826 · HIP 84801 · Gliese Gl 668.1

5,134 K

temperature

6.31

apparent magnitude

6.43× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G9V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

162 years

at light speed from Earth

0.89×

as hot as the Sun

6.43×

the Sun's light output

2.83

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6439K-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6534 →11 ly apart
HR 6449 →15 ly apart
HR 6496 →27 ly apart
56Omi Ser →28 ly apart
HR 6375 →30 ly apart
64Nu Oph →31 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.