K-type star · orange

HR 6856

1,599 lybrightness mag 6.46K2II

Also catalogued as HD 168357 · HIP 89920

4,095 K

temperature

6.46

apparent magnitude

546× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,599 years

at light speed from Earth

0.71×

as hot as the Sun

546×

the Sun's light output

-1.99

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6856K-type

Sky regionCorona Australisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6587 →260 ly apart
HR 6523 →280 ly apart
HR 6960 →310 ly apart
HR 7257 →310 ly apart
HR 7031 →320 ly apart
HR 6593 →350 ly apart

Bright stars in Corona Australis

Bet CrA →mag 4.1
Meridiana →mag 4.1
Gam CrA →mag 4.2
Del CrA →mag 4.6
The CrA →mag 4.6
Zet CrA →mag 4.7
Eps CrA →mag 4.8
Gam CrA →mag 5.0

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Corona Australis

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.