M-type star · red

HR 7182

HR 7182 is a red in the constellation Sagittarius 2,026 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,585 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,063× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,026 years ago.

2,026 lybrightness mag 6.25K3III

Also catalogued as HD 176537 · HIP 93423

3,585 K

temperature

6.25

apparent magnitude

1,063× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,026 years

at light speed from Earth

0.62×

as hot as the Sun

1,063×

the Sun's light output

-2.72

absolute magnitude

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HR 7182M-type

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To 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.