K-type star · orange

HD 198272

HD 198272 is an orange in the constellation Aquarius 991 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,949 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 257× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 991 years ago.

991 lybrightness mag 6.24M3

Also catalogued as HIP 102770

3,949 K
temperature
6.24
apparent magnitude
257× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M3
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
991 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
257×
the Sun's light output
-1.17
absolute magnitude
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HD 198272K-type
Sky regionAquariusthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.