B-type star · blue-white star

HR 7527

HR 7527 is a blue-white star in the constellation Pavo 929 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,197 K, about 2.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 232× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 929 years ago.

929 lybrightness mag 6.21B5V

Also catalogued as HD 186837 · HIP 97611

12,197 K
temperature
6.21
apparent magnitude
232× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
929 years
at light speed from Earth
2.11×
as hot as the Sun
232×
the Sun's light output
-1.06
absolute magnitude
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HR 7527B-type
Sky regionPavothis direction
StarHR 7758120 ly
StarHR 7513120 ly
StarHR 7521130 ly
StarPeacockstar
StarBeta Pavstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pavo
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pavo

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.