B-type star · blue-white star

HR 7115

HR 7115 is a blue-white star in the constellation Lyra 1,022 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,573 K, about 2.0 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 311× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,022 years ago.

1,022 lybrightness mag 6.10B6IV

Also catalogued as HD 174959 · HIP 92551

11,573 K
temperature
6.10
apparent magnitude
311× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B6IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,022 years
at light speed from Earth
2.01×
as hot as the Sun
311×
the Sun's light output
-1.38
absolute magnitude
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HR 7115B-type
Sky regionLyrathis direction
StarDelta¹ Lyr33 ly
StarSheliak82 ly
StarHR 718587 ly
StarSulafatstar
Star13 Lyrstar
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Bright stars in Lyra
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.