K-type star · orange

HR 7112

HR 7112 is an orange in the constellation Lyra 1,190 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,342 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 377× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,190 years ago.

1,190 lybrightness mag 6.22K1II-III

Also catalogued as HD 174881 · HIP 92550

4,342 K
temperature
6.22
apparent magnitude
377× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1II-III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,190 years
at light speed from Earth
0.75×
as hot as the Sun
377×
the Sun's light output
-1.59
absolute magnitude
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HR 7112K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lyra

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.