K-type star · orange

HD 185966

HD 185966 is an orange in the constellation Aquila 368 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,049 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 33.20× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 368 years ago.

368 lybrightness mag 6.31K2

Also catalogued as HIP 96917

4,049 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
33.20× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
368 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
33.20×
the Sun's light output
1.05
absolute magnitude
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HD 185966K-type
Sky regionAquilathis direction
StarHR 743221 ly
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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.