G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 7988

HR 7988 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Vulpecula 1,204 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,906 K, and it shines at 646× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,204 years ago.

1,204 lybrightness mag 5.66F5Ib

Also catalogued as HD 198726 · HIP 102949

5,906 K
temperature
5.66
apparent magnitude
646× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F5Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,204 years
at light speed from Earth
1.02×
as hot as the Sun
646×
the Sun's light output
-2.17
absolute magnitude
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HR 7988G-type
Sky regionVulpeculathis direction
Star25 Vul250 ly
StarHR 7656260 ly
StarHR 7739270 ly
StarAnserstar
Star23 Vulstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vulpecula
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Vulpecula

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.