K-type star · orange

8 Gem

8 Gem is an orange in the constellation Gemini 447 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,004 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 59.87× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 447 years ago.

447 lybrightness mag 6.09G8III

Also catalogued as HR 2230 · HD 43261 · HIP 29789

5,004 K
temperature
6.09
apparent magnitude
59.87× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
447 years
at light speed from Earth
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
59.87×
the Sun's light output
0.41
absolute magnitude
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8 GemK-type
Sky regionGeminithis direction
Star16 Gem39 ly
StarHR 230448 ly
StarHR 243649 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Gemini

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.