K-type star · orange

HR 7010

HR 7010 is an orange in the constellation Ophiuchus 481 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,836 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 59.37× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 481 years ago.

481 lybrightness mag 6.26G8III

Also catalogued as HD 172424 · HIP 91523

4,836 K
temperature
6.26
apparent magnitude
59.37× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
481 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
59.37×
the Sun's light output
0.42
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ophiuchus

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.