K-type star · orange

HR 7402

HR 7402 is an orange in the constellation Aquila 899 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,078 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 187× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 898 years ago.

899 lybrightness mag 6.37F5-G1I-II

Also catalogued as HD 183344 · HIP 95820

5,078 K
temperature
6.37
apparent magnitude
187× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F5-G1I-II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
898 years
at light speed from Earth
0.88×
as hot as the Sun
187×
the Sun's light output
-0.83
absolute magnitude
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HR 7402K-type
Sky regionAquilathis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.