K-type star · orange

HR 7521

HR 7521 is an orange in the constellation Telescopium 929 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,449 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 219× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 929 years ago.

929 lybrightness mag 6.27K1III

Also catalogued as HD 186756 · HIP 97491

4,449 K
temperature
6.27
apparent magnitude
219× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
929 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
219×
the Sun's light output
-1.00
absolute magnitude
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HR 7521K-type
Sky regionTelescopiumthis direction
StarHR 775883 ly
StarHR 7745130 ly
StarHR 7527130 ly
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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Telescopium

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.