K-type star · orange

HR 7216

HR 7216 is an orange in the constellation Sagitta 805 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,091 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 191× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 805 years ago.

805 lybrightness mag 6.11K1III

Also catalogued as HD 177199 · HIP 93523

4,091 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
191× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
805 years
at light speed from Earth
0.71×
as hot as the Sun
191×
the Sun's light output
-0.85
absolute magnitude
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HR 7216K-type
Sky regionSagittathis direction
Star1 Vul51 ly
StarHR 728654 ly
StarHR 732657 ly
StarGamma Sgestar
StarDelta Sgestar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Sagitta
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Sagitta

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.