M-type star · red

HD 198624

HD 198624 is a red in the constellation Cygnus 1,342 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,616 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 371× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,342 years ago.

1,342 lybrightness mag 6.50F7V: comp

Also catalogued as HIP 102804

3,616 K
temperature
6.50
apparent magnitude
371× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F7V: comp
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,342 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
371×
the Sun's light output
-1.57
absolute magnitude
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HD 198624M-type
Sky regionCygnusthis direction
Star51 Cyg73 ly
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Brightness mag 6.5To 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.