Star in the constellation Pisces
HD 6 is astar in theequatorial constellation ofPisces , and is located a couple of degrees southeast of the intersection between theecliptic and thecelestial equator . It is a yellow-hued star that is just barely visible to the naked eye with anapparent visual magnitude of 6.3.[ 3] The star is located at a distance of 471light years from theSun based onparallax ,[ 2] and is drifting further away with aradial velocity of 15.3 km/s .[ 7] It has anabsolute magnitude of 0.62.[ 1]
Anevolved red giant with astellar classification K0 III,[ 5] the star has moved off the main sequence by cooling and expanding. At the age of 1.6billion years ,[ 8] is now ared clump giant on thehorizontal branch that is engaged incore helium fusion .[ 4] It has nearly double themass of the Sun [ 8] and has expanded to 12.4[ 9] times theSun's radius . The star is radiating 72 times theluminosity of the Sun [ 10] from itsphotosphere at aneffective temperature of 4,807K .[ 9]
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