K-type star · orange

HD 194578

HD 194578 is an orange in the constellation Delphinus 1,190 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,866 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 335× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,190 years ago.

1,190 lybrightness mag 6.35K5

Also catalogued as HIP 100781

3,866 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
335× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,190 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
335×
the Sun's light output
-1.46
absolute magnitude
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HD 194578K-type
Sky regionDelphinusthis direction
StarHR 7899180 ly
StarHR 7816190 ly
StarHR 7542210 ly
StarRotanevstar
StarSualocinstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Delphinus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Delphinus

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.