B-type star · blue-white star

HR 7396

HR 7396 is a blue-white star in the constellation Aquila 824 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,061 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 166× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 824 years ago.

824 lybrightness mag 6.31B4III

Also catalogued as HD 183144 · HIP 95664

11,061 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
166× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
824 years
at light speed from Earth
1.92×
as hot as the Sun
166×
the Sun's light output
-0.70
absolute magnitude
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HR 7396B-type
Sky regionAquilathis direction
StarChi Aql71 ly
StarHD 18037776 ly
StarHR 732690 ly
StarTarazedstar
StarOkabstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Aquila
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquila

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.