B-type star · blue-white star

HR 7716

HR 7716 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vulpecula. Its surface is about 10,766 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 27,797,133× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.

brightness mag 6.24B1Ib

Also catalogued as HD 191877 · HIP 99479

10,766 K
temperature
6.24
apparent magnitude
27,797,133× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B1Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
1.87×
as hot as the Sun
27,797,133×
the Sun's light output
-13.76
absolute magnitude
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HR 7716B-type
Sky regionVulpeculathis direction
Star9 Sge31,000 ly
Star10 Sge36,000 ly
StarHR 747552,000 ly
StarAnserstar
Star23 Vulstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vulpecula
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.