K-type star · orange

HR 7299

HR 7299 is an orange in the constellation Sagitta 681 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,010 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 147× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 681 years ago.

681 lybrightness mag 6.03G8III

Also catalogued as HD 180242 · HIP 94598

5,010 K
temperature
6.03
apparent magnitude
147× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
681 years
at light speed from Earth
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
147×
the Sun's light output
-0.57
absolute magnitude
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HR 7299K-type
Sky regionSagittathis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.