K-type star · orange

HR 7164

HR 7164 is an orange in the constellation Sagittarius 1,091 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,836 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 276× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,091 years ago.

1,091 lybrightness mag 6.37G5/G6II

Also catalogued as HD 176123 · HIP 93234

4,836 K

temperature

6.37

apparent magnitude

276× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G5/G6II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,091 years

at light speed from Earth

0.84×

as hot as the Sun

276×

the Sun's light output

-1.25

absolute magnitude

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Sagittarius

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.