F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 7163

HR 7163 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Aquila 183 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,490 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 8.95× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 183 years ago.

183 lybrightness mag 6.22F5IV

Also catalogued as HD 176095 · HIP 93138

6,490 K

temperature

6.22

apparent magnitude

8.95× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F5IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

183 years

at light speed from Earth

1.12×

as hot as the Sun

8.95×

the Sun's light output

2.47

absolute magnitude

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HR 7163F-type

Sky regionAquilathis direction

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Bright stars in Aquila

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Brightness mag 6.2To 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.