K-type star · orange dwarf

47 Aqr

47 Aqr is an orange dwarf in the constellation Aquarius 171 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,610 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 21.44× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 171 years ago.

171 lybrightness mag 5.12K0III

Also catalogued as HR 8516 · HD 212010 · HIP 110391

4,610 K
temperature
5.12
apparent magnitude
21.44× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
171 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
21.44×
the Sun's light output
1.52
absolute magnitude
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47 AqrK-type
Sky regionAquariusthis direction
StarHR 845715 ly
StarIota Aqr26 ly
StarSkat30 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Aquarius
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Aquarius

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.