K-type star · orange

HR 7964

HR 7964 is an orange in the constellation Capricornus 1,004 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,947 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 273× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,004 years ago.

1,004 lybrightness mag 6.20K3III

Also catalogued as HD 198208 · HIP 102780

3,947 K
temperature
6.20
apparent magnitude
273× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,004 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
273×
the Sun's light output
-1.24
absolute magnitude
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HR 7964K-type
Sky regionCapricornusthis direction
StarHR 7961140 ly
StarTau Cap150 ly
StarSigma Cap180 ly
StarDeneb Algedistar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.