K-type star · orange

HR 7076

HR 7076 is an orange in the constellation Serpens 797 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,780 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 172× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 797 years ago.

797 lybrightness mag 6.20K5

Also catalogued as HD 173954 · HIP 92254

3,780 K
temperature
6.20
apparent magnitude
172× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
797 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
172×
the Sun's light output
-0.74
absolute magnitude
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HR 7076K-type
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Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Serpens

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.