G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 7606

HR 7606 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Cygnus 1,204 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,363 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 573× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,204 years ago.

1,204 lybrightness mag 5.79Fp

Also catalogued as HD 188650 · HIP 97985

5,363 K
temperature
5.79
apparent magnitude
573× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
Fp
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,204 years
at light speed from Earth
0.93×
as hot as the Sun
573×
the Sun's light output
-2.04
absolute magnitude
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HR 7606G-type
Sky regionCygnusthis direction
StarHD 18650686 ly
StarHR 7628120 ly
Star25 Cyg120 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Cygnus
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cygnus

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.