K-type star · orange

HD 189671

HD 189671 is an orange in the constellation Vulpecula 2,609 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,447 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,413× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,609 years ago.

2,609 lybrightness mag 6.49G8II

Also catalogued as HIP 98458

4,447 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
1,413× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,609 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
1,413×
the Sun's light output
-3.02
absolute magnitude
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HD 189671K-type
Sky regionVulpeculathis direction
StarHR 7508220 ly
StarHR 7568540 ly
Star42 Cyg540 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.