A-type star · white star

HR 7096

HR 7096 is a white star in the constellation Draco 196 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,974 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 11.23× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 196 years ago.

196 lybrightness mag 6.12A7III

Also catalogued as HD 174481 · HIP 92269

7,974 K

temperature

6.12

apparent magnitude

11.23× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A7III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

196 years

at light speed from Earth

1.38×

as hot as the Sun

11.23×

the Sun's light output

2.22

absolute magnitude

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HR 7096A-type

Sky regionDracothis direction

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Bright stars in Draco

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Draco

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.