K-type star · orange

HR 8126

HR 8126 is an orange in the constellation Cygnus 1,782 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,504 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 877× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,782 years ago.

1,782 lybrightness mag 6.18G2Ib

Also catalogued as HD 202314 · HIP 104822

4,504 K
temperature
6.18
apparent magnitude
877× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G2Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,782 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
877×
the Sun's light output
-2.51
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.2To 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.