K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 7578

45.8 lybrightness mag 6.22K3/K4V

Also catalogued as HD 188088 · HIP 97944 · Gliese Gl 770

4,702 K

temperature

6.22

apparent magnitude

0.56× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3/K4V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

46 years

at light speed from Earth

0.81×

as hot as the Sun

0.56×

the Sun's light output

5.48

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 7578K-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 78988.5 ly

Star16Psi Cap9.9 ly

StarHR 699814 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

HR 7898 →8.5 ly apart
16Psi Cap →9.9 ly apart
HR 6998 →14 ly apart
Gam CrA →18 ly apart
Gam CrA →20 ly apart
HR 7330 →20 ly apart

Bright stars in Sagittarius

Kaus Australis →mag 1.8
Nunki →mag 2.0
Ascella →mag 2.6
Kaus Media →mag 2.7
Kaus Borealis →mag 2.8
Albaldah →mag 2.9
Alnasl →mag 3.0
Eta Sgr →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Sagittarius

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.