M-type star · red

HR 7559

HR 7559 is a red in the constellation Aquila 600 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,687 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 105× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 600 years ago.

600 lybrightness mag 6.12K5III

Also catalogued as HD 187660 · HIP 97687

3,687 K
temperature
6.12
apparent magnitude
105× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
600 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
105×
the Sun's light output
-0.20
absolute magnitude
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HR 7559M-type
Sky regionAquilathis direction
StarHR 771766 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Aquila
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.