K-type star · orange

HD 156860

507 lybrightness mag 6.43M5III

Also catalogued as HIP 84780

3,813 K

temperature

6.43

apparent magnitude

56.44× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

507 years

at light speed from Earth

0.66×

as hot as the Sun

56.44×

the Sun's light output

0.47

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HD 156860K-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6578 →60 ly apart
16 Oph →76 ly apart
HR 6433 →77 ly apart
HR 6390 →81 ly apart
19 Oph →82 ly apart
HD 149908 →100 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 6.4To 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.