K-type star · orange
HR 6972
HR 6972 is an orange in the constellation Sagittarius 715 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,172 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 120× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 715 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 171416 · HIP 91172
4,172 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
120× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
715 years
at light speed from Earth
0.72×
as hot as the Sun
120×
the Sun's light output
-0.34
absolute magnitude
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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.