F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 1782

HR 1782 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Orion 182 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,467 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 9.55× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 182 years ago.

182 lybrightness mag 6.13F7V

Also catalogued as HD 35317 · HIP 25240

6,467 K

temperature

6.13

apparent magnitude

9.55× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F7V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

182 years

at light speed from Earth

1.12×

as hot as the Sun

9.55×

the Sun's light output

2.40

absolute magnitude

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HR 1782F-type

Sky regionOrionthis direction

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Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Orion

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.