K-type star · orange

HR 6983

638 lybrightness mag 5.38K0III

Also catalogued as HD 171779 · HIP 91013

4,534 K

temperature

5.38

apparent magnitude

235× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

638 years

at light speed from Earth

0.79×

as hot as the Sun

235×

the Sun's light output

-1.08

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6983K-type

Sky regionDracothis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6891 →44 ly apart
HR 7210 →61 ly apart
HR 7252 →68 ly apart
HR 7229 →78 ly apart
HR 7153 →86 ly apart
HR 6886 →88 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.4To see it no equipment neededLook 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.