A-type star · white star

HD 190066

HD 190066 is a white star in the constellation Vulpecula 1,763 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,775 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 639× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,763 years ago.

1,763 lybrightness mag 6.50B1Iab

Also catalogued as HIP 98661

8,775 K
temperature
6.50
apparent magnitude
639× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B1Iab
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,763 years
at light speed from Earth
1.52×
as hot as the Sun
639×
the Sun's light output
-2.16
absolute magnitude
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HD 190066A-type
Sky regionVulpeculathis direction
StarHR 7573130 ly
StarHR 7490160 ly
Star22 Vul190 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.