K-type star · orange

HD 184313

HD 184313 is an orange in the constellation Aquila 660 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,838 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 103× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 660 years ago.

660 lybrightness mag 6.35M8V

Also catalogued as HIP 96204

3,838 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
103× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M8V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
660 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
103×
the Sun's light output
-0.18
absolute magnitude
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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.