G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kappa Del
Kappa Del is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Delphinus 98.2 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,595 K, and it shines at 7.41× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 98 years ago.
Also catalogued as HR 7896 · HD 196755 · HIP 101916
5,595 K
temperature
5.07
apparent magnitude
7.41× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5IV+...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
98 years
at light speed from Earth
0.97×
as hot as the Sun
7.41×
the Sun's light output
2.68
absolute magnitude
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
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.