K-type star · orange

HR 7494

HR 7494 is an orange in the constellation Octans 741 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,947 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 125× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 741 years ago.

741 lybrightness mag 6.39K3/K4III

Also catalogued as HD 186154 · HIP 98086

3,947 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
125× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3/K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
741 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
125×
the Sun's light output
-0.39
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Octans

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.