K-type star · orange

HR 6487

985 lybrightness mag 5.93G8II/III

Also catalogued as HD 157819 · HIP 85520

4,487 K

temperature

5.93

apparent magnitude

338× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8II/III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

985 years

at light speed from Earth

0.78×

as hot as the Sun

338×

the Sun's light output

-1.47

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6487K-type

Sky regionArathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6530 →45 ly apart
HR 6622 →61 ly apart
HR 6215 →110 ly apart
HR 6438 →120 ly apart
Gam Ara →130 ly apart
HR 6447 →130 ly apart

Bright stars in Ara

Bet Ara →mag 2.8
Alp Ara →mag 2.8
Zet Ara →mag 3.1
Gam Ara →mag 3.3
Del Ara →mag 3.6
The Ara →mag 3.6
Eta Ara →mag 3.8
Eps1Ara →mag 4.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ara

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.