K-type star · orange

HR 7860

HR 7860 is an orange in the constellation Cygnus 766 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,900 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 168× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 766 years ago.

766 lybrightness mag 6.14K5III

Also catalogued as HD 195964 · HIP 101285

3,900 K
temperature
6.14
apparent magnitude
168× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
766 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
168×
the Sun's light output
-0.71
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cygnus

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.