K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 7024

HR 7024 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Scutum 255 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,728 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 18.81× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 255 years ago.

255 lybrightness mag 6.13K0.5III

Also catalogued as HD 172831 · HIP 91751

4,728 K
temperature
6.13
apparent magnitude
18.81× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0.5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
255 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
18.81×
the Sun's light output
1.66
absolute magnitude
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HR 7024K-type
Sky regionScutumthis direction
StarHR 703414 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.