K-type star · orange
HD 176522
HD 176522 is an orange in the constellation Pavo 691 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,115 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 118× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 691 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 93629
5,115 K
temperature
6.30
apparent magnitude
118× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G6II/III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
691 years
at light speed from Earth
0.89×
as hot as the Sun
118×
the Sun's light output
-0.33
absolute magnitude
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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.