K-type star · orange dwarf

Chechia

Chechia is an orange dwarf in the constellation Aquila 214 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,087 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 9.95× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 214 years ago.

214 lybrightness mag 6.44G5

Also catalogued as HD 192699 · HIP 99894

5,087 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
9.95× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
214 years
at light speed from Earth
0.88×
as hot as the Sun
9.95×
the Sun's light output
2.35
absolute magnitude
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ChechiaK-type
Sky regionAquilathis direction
StarPhi Aql32 ly
Star69 Aql33 ly
StarHR 779433 ly
StarTarazedstar
StarOkabstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquila

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.