A-type star · white star

HR 7286

HR 7286 is a white star in the constellation Vulpecula 769 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,339 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 189× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 769 years ago.

769 lybrightness mag 6.02A2Vn

Also catalogued as HD 179648 · HIP 94382

9,339 K
temperature
6.02
apparent magnitude
189× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A2Vn
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
769 years
at light speed from Earth
1.62×
as hot as the Sun
189×
the Sun's light output
-0.84
absolute magnitude
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HR 7286A-type
Sky regionVulpeculathis direction
StarHR 732635 ly
Star1 Vul44 ly
StarHR 721654 ly
StarAnserstar
Star23 Vulstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vulpecula
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Vulpecula

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.