B-type star · blue-white star

HR 7093

HR 7093 is a blue-white star in the constellation Telescopium 1,394 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,440 K, about 2.0 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 480× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,394 years ago.

1,394 lybrightness mag 6.30B4III

Also catalogued as HD 174430 · HIP 92687

11,440 K
temperature
6.30
apparent magnitude
480× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,394 years
at light speed from Earth
1.98×
as hot as the Sun
480×
the Sun's light output
-1.85
absolute magnitude
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HR 7093B-type
Sky regionTelescopiumthis direction
StarHD 173047180 ly
StarHR 7537250 ly
StarDelta² Tel260 ly
StarAlpha Telstar
StarZeta Telstar
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Bright stars in Telescopium
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Telescopium

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.