K-type star · orange dwarf

Eta Sge

Eta Sge is an orange dwarf in the constellation Sagitta 160 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,608 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 19.37× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 160 years ago.

160 lybrightness mag 5.09K2III

Also catalogued as HR 7679 · HD 190608 · HIP 98920

4,608 K
temperature
5.09
apparent magnitude
19.37× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
160 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
19.37×
the Sun's light output
1.63
absolute magnitude
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Eta SgeK-type
Sky regionSagittathis direction
Star14 Vul9.5 ly
StarTheta Sge13 ly
StarRho Aql18 ly
StarGamma Sgestar
StarDelta Sgestar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Sagitta
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Sagitta

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.