M-type star · red

HR 7412

HR 7412 is a red in the constellation Aquila 2,026 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,368 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,243× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,026 years ago.

2,026 lybrightness mag 6.08K5Ib

Also catalogued as HD 183589 · HIP 95898

3,368 K
temperature
6.08
apparent magnitude
1,243× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,026 years
at light speed from Earth
0.58×
as hot as the Sun
1,243×
the Sun's light output
-2.89
absolute magnitude
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HR 7412M-type
Sky regionAquilathis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.