K-type star · orange

HD 187614

HD 187614 is an orange in the constellation Vulpecula 469 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,899 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 46.99× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 469 years ago.

469 lybrightness mag 6.46G8III

Also catalogued as HIP 97573

4,899 K
temperature
6.46
apparent magnitude
46.99× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
469 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
46.99×
the Sun's light output
0.67
absolute magnitude
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HD 187614K-type
Sky regionVulpeculathis direction
StarHR 760124 ly
StarHR 764036 ly
StarHD 19032245 ly
StarAnserstar
Star23 Vulstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vulpecula
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To 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.