K-type star · orange

HR 6474

412 lybrightness mag 6.17K0III

Also catalogued as HD 157588 · HIP 85242

4,508 K

temperature

6.17

apparent magnitude

47.25× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

412 years

at light speed from Earth

0.78×

as hot as the Sun

47.25×

the Sun's light output

0.66

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6474K-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

51 Oph →12 ly apart
HR 6490 →21 ly apart
42The Oph →25 ly apart
HR 6520 →28 ly apart
HD 160042 →29 ly apart
4 Sgr →57 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 6.2To 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.