K-type star · orange

HR 7252

HR 7252 is an orange in the constellation Draco 604 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,037 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 78.56× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 604 years ago.

604 lybrightness mag 6.45K3III

Also catalogued as HD 178208 · HIP 93733

4,037 K
temperature
6.45
apparent magnitude
78.56× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
604 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
78.56×
the Sun's light output
0.11
absolute magnitude
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HR 7252K-type
Sky regionDracothis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To 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.