M-type star · red

HR 6578

513 lybrightness mag 6.08K2.5Ib

Also catalogued as HD 160471 · HIP 86476

3,638 K

temperature

6.08

apparent magnitude

79.65× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2.5Ib

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

513 years

at light speed from Earth

0.63×

as hot as the Sun

79.65×

the Sun's light output

0.10

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6578M-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 156860 →60 ly apart
HR 6706 →70 ly apart
HR 6755 →80 ly apart
HR 6709 →86 ly apart
HR 6830 →100 ly apart
59 Ser →110 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 6.1To 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.