K-type star · orange

HR 7868

HR 7868 is an orange in the constellation Draco 707 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,029 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 132× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 707 years ago.

707 lybrightness mag 6.23K4III:

Also catalogued as HD 196142 · HIP 101134

4,029 K
temperature
6.23
apparent magnitude
132× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
707 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
132×
the Sun's light output
-0.45
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Draco

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.