K-type star · orange

HR 7725

HR 7725 is an orange in the constellation Sagittarius 997 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,774 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 246× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 997 years ago.

997 lybrightness mag 6.30K4III

Also catalogued as HD 192433 · HIP 99878

3,774 K
temperature
6.30
apparent magnitude
246× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
997 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
246×
the Sun's light output
-1.13
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Sagittarius

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.