K-type star · orange

HR 7542

HR 7542 is an orange in the constellation Aquila 1,226 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,912 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 327× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,226 years ago.

1,226 lybrightness mag 6.44F8Ib-II

Also catalogued as HD 187203 · HIP 97454

4,912 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
327× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F8Ib-II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,226 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
327×
the Sun's light output
-1.44
absolute magnitude
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HR 7542K-type
Sky regionAquilathis direction
StarHR 745663 ly
StarHD 194578210 ly
StarPsi Aql220 ly
StarTarazedstar
StarOkabstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Aquila
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquila

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.