K-type star · orange

HR 7031

HR 7031 is an orange in the constellation Corona Australis 1,305 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,134 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 964× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.4 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,305 years ago.

1,305 lybrightness mag 5.40K1/K2III+..

Also catalogued as HD 172991 · HIP 91989

5,134 K
temperature
5.40
apparent magnitude
964× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1/K2III+..
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,305 years
at light speed from Earth
0.89×
as hot as the Sun
964×
the Sun's light output
-2.61
absolute magnitude
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HR 7031K-type
Sky regionCorona Australisthis direction
StarHR 6960160 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Corona Australis
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.4To see it no equipment neededLook toward Corona Australis

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.