M-type star · red

HR 7696

HR 7696 is a red in the constellation Sagitta 1,583 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,490 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 571× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,583 years ago.

1,583 lybrightness mag 6.39M3III

Also catalogued as HD 191178 · HIP 99176

3,490 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
571× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,583 years
at light speed from Earth
0.60×
as hot as the Sun
571×
the Sun's light output
-2.04
absolute magnitude
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HR 7696M-type
Sky regionSagittathis direction
StarHD 194841230 ly
StarHD 190066240 ly
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StarGamma Sgestar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Sagitta

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.