A-type star · white star

HR 7027

HR 7027 is a white star in the constellation Pavo 704 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,731 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 156× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 704 years ago.

704 lybrightness mag 6.04B9.5IV/V

Also catalogued as HD 172881 · HIP 92394

9,731 K
temperature
6.04
apparent magnitude
156× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B9.5IV/V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
704 years
at light speed from Earth
1.69×
as hot as the Sun
156×
the Sun's light output
-0.63
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pavo

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.