K-type star · orange dwarf

74 Dra

74 Dra is an orange dwarf in the constellation Draco 208 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,886 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 14.62× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 208 years ago.

208 lybrightness mag 5.96K0III+...

Also catalogued as HR 7908 · HD 196925 · HIP 101082

4,886 K
temperature
5.96
apparent magnitude
14.62× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III+...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
208 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
14.62×
the Sun's light output
1.94
absolute magnitude
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74 DraK-type
Sky regionDracothis direction
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Bright stars in Draco
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.