K-type star · orange

HD 195617

HD 195617 is an orange in the constellation Aquila 1,157 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,773 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 283× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,157 years ago.

1,157 lybrightness mag 6.47K2

Also catalogued as HIP 101339

3,773 K
temperature
6.47
apparent magnitude
283× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,157 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
283×
the Sun's light output
-1.28
absolute magnitude
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HD 195617K-type
Sky regionAquilathis direction
Star70 Aql180 ly
StarHD 198272190 ly
StarHR 8090210 ly
StarTarazedstar
StarOkabstar
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Bright stars in Aquila
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquila

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.