K-type star · orange

HD 190227

HD 190227 is an orange in the constellation Cygnus 935 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,299 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 199× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 935 years ago.

935 lybrightness mag 6.39K1III

Also catalogued as HIP 98701

4,299 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
199× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
935 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
199×
the Sun's light output
-0.90
absolute magnitude
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HD 190227K-type
Sky regionCygnusthis direction
StarHR 752083 ly
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.