K-type star · orange

HR 7946

HR 7946 is an orange in the constellation Aquarius 780 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,708 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 153× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 780 years ago.

780 lybrightness mag 6.28K2

Also catalogued as HD 197954 · HIP 102561

3,708 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
153× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
780 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
153×
the Sun's light output
-0.61
absolute magnitude
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HR 7946K-type
Sky regionAquariusthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquarius

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.