F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 7855

HR 7855 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Capricornus 107 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,200 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 3.37× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 107 years ago.

107 lybrightness mag 6.11G0V

Also catalogued as HD 195838 · HIP 101507 · Gliese GJ 4147

6,200 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
3.37× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
107 years
at light speed from Earth
1.07×
as hot as the Sun
3.37×
the Sun's light output
3.53
absolute magnitude
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HR 7855F-type
Sky regionCapricornusthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Capricornus

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.