K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 7526

HR 7526 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Cygnus 254 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,032 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 16.20× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 254 years ago.

254 lybrightness mag 6.28K2III

Also catalogued as HD 186815 · HIP 97070

5,032 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
16.20× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
254 years
at light speed from Earth
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
16.20×
the Sun's light output
1.83
absolute magnitude
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HR 7526K-type
Sky regionCygnusthis direction
StarHR 76348.8 ly
StarHR 769533 ly
StarPsi Cyg36 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cygnus

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.