K-type star · orange

HR 7196

HR 7196 is an orange in the constellation Draco 430 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,794 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 44.83× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 430 years ago.

430 lybrightness mag 6.32G8III

Also catalogued as HD 176707 · HIP 93197

4,794 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
44.83× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
430 years
at light speed from Earth
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
44.83×
the Sun's light output
0.72
absolute magnitude
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HR 7196K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Draco

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.