K-type star · orange

HR 8242

HR 8242 is an orange in the constellation Cygnus 1,726 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,996 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 830× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,726 years ago.

1,726 lybrightness mag 6.17G2Ib+...

Also catalogued as HD 205114 · HIP 106267

4,996 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
830× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G2Ib+...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,726 years
at light speed from Earth
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
830×
the Sun's light output
-2.45
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
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.