K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 7972

139 lybrightness mag 6.29K0V:

Also catalogued as HD 198387 · HIP 102642

5,042 K

temperature

6.29

apparent magnitude

4.80× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0V:

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

139 years

at light speed from Earth

0.87×

as hot as the Sun

4.80×

the Sun's light output

3.15

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 7972K-type

Sky regionCygnusthis direction

Nearest stars

43 Cyg →19 ly apart
56 Cyg →20 ly apart
HR 7697 →24 ly apart
HR 7484 →26 ly apart
2The Cep →26 ly apart
33 Cyg →27 ly apart

Bright stars in Cygnus

Sadr →mag 2.2
Aljanah →mag 2.5
Fawaris →mag 2.9
64Zet Cyg →mag 3.2
62Xi Cyg →mag 3.7
65Tau Cyg →mag 3.7
10Iot2Cyg →mag 3.8
1Kap Cyg →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To 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.