K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 7808

HR 7808 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Sagittarius 122 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,838 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 3.87× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 122 years ago.

122 lybrightness mag 6.24K1IV

Also catalogued as HD 194433 · HIP 100852

4,838 K

temperature

6.24

apparent magnitude

3.87× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

122 years

at light speed from Earth

0.84×

as hot as the Sun

3.87×

the Sun's light output

3.38

absolute magnitude

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Brightness mag 6.2To 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.