K-type star · orange

HR 7490

HR 7490 is an orange in the constellation Vulpecula 1,708 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,822 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 640× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,708 years ago.

1,708 lybrightness mag 6.43K0Iab:

Also catalogued as HD 186021 · HIP 96856

3,822 K
temperature
6.43
apparent magnitude
640× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0Iab:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,708 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
640×
the Sun's light output
-2.17
absolute magnitude
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HR 7490K-type
Sky regionVulpeculathis direction
StarHR 7573110 ly
StarHD 190066160 ly
StarHR 7696280 ly
StarAnserstar
Star23 Vulstar
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Bright stars in Vulpecula
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Vulpecula

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.