K-type star · orange

HD 156992

563 lybrightness mag 6.36K3III

Also catalogued as HIP 84947

3,952 K

temperature

6.36

apparent magnitude

74.27× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

563 years

at light speed from Earth

0.68×

as hot as the Sun

74.27×

the Sun's light output

0.17

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HD 156992K-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6308 →52 ly apart
HR 6387 →70 ly apart
29 Oph →77 ly apart
HR 6294 →80 ly apart
HR 6628 →89 ly apart
HR 6470 →96 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.