K-type star · orange

HR 6540

1,269 lybrightness mag 6.22K2III

Also catalogued as HD 159330 · HIP 85692

3,955 K

temperature

6.22

apparent magnitude

429× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,269 years

at light speed from Earth

0.69×

as hot as the Sun

429×

the Sun's light output

-1.73

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6540K-type

Sky regionDracothis direction

Nearest stars

HR 7084 →260 ly apart
34Psi2Dra →360 ly apart
HR 6612 →360 ly apart
HR 7071 →360 ly apart
HR 7428 →360 ly apart
88 Her →370 ly apart

Bright stars in Draco

Eltanin →mag 2.2
Athebyne →mag 2.7
Rastaban →mag 2.8
Altais →mag 3.1
Aldhibah →mag 3.2
Edasich →mag 3.3
44Chi Dra →mag 3.5
Thuban →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Draco

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.