G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HR 7504
HR 7504 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Cygnus 69.2 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,739 K, and it shines at 1.24× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 69 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 186427 · HIP 96901 · Gliese Gl 765.1B
5,739 K
temperature
6.25
apparent magnitude
1.24× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
69 years
at light speed from Earth
0.99×
as hot as the Sun
1.24×
the Sun's light output
4.62
absolute magnitude
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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.