K-type star · orange

HR 7099

HR 7099 is an orange in the constellation Aquila 1,259 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,881 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 368× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,259 years ago.

1,259 lybrightness mag 6.37K5III+...

Also catalogued as HD 174569 · HIP 92475

3,881 K
temperature
6.37
apparent magnitude
368× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III+...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,259 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
368×
the Sun's light output
-1.56
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquila

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.