K-type star · orange

HR 7508

HR 7508 is an orange in the constellation Vulpecula 2,471 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,707 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,552× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,471 years ago.

2,471 lybrightness mag 6.27B7V + G1:III

Also catalogued as HD 186518 · HIP 97091

4,707 K
temperature
6.27
apparent magnitude
1,552× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B7V + G1:III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,471 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
1,552×
the Sun's light output
-3.13
absolute magnitude
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HR 7508K-type
Sky regionVulpeculathis direction
StarHD 189671220 ly
StarHD 185435460 ly
StarHR 7403490 ly
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Star23 Vulstar
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Bright stars in Vulpecula
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.