K-type star · orange

HR 8197

HR 8197 is an orange in the constellation Vulpecula 478 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,610 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 54.00× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 478 years ago.

478 lybrightness mag 6.35K0III

Also catalogued as HD 203886 · HIP 105689

4,610 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
54.00× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
478 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
54.00×
the Sun's light output
0.52
absolute magnitude
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HR 8197K-type
Sky regionVulpeculathis direction
StarHD 20501132 ly
StarHR 822156 ly
Star33 Vul58 ly
StarAnserstar
Star23 Vulstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vulpecula
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.