K-type star · orange

HR 6970

HR 6970 is an orange in the constellation Scutum 329 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,928 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 79.43× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 329 years ago.

329 lybrightness mag 5.12G8III

Also catalogued as HD 171391 · HIP 91105

4,928 K
temperature
5.12
apparent magnitude
79.43× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
329 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
79.43×
the Sun's light output
0.10
absolute magnitude
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HR 6970K-type
Sky regionScutumthis direction
StarHR 687818 ly
StarHD 16991324 ly
StarGamma Sct24 ly
StarAlpha Sctstar
StarBeta Sctstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Scutum
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Scutum

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.