K-type star · orange

Epsilon Oct

Epsilon Oct is an orange in the constellation Octans 291 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,165 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 63.68× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 291 years ago.

291 lybrightness mag 5.09M6III

Also catalogued as HR 8481 · HD 210967 · HIP 110256

4,165 K
temperature
5.09
apparent magnitude
63.68× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M6III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
291 years
at light speed from Earth
0.72×
as hot as the Sun
63.68×
the Sun's light output
0.34
absolute magnitude
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Epsilon OctK-type
Sky regionOctansthis direction
StarHR 843222 ly
StarGamma² Oct25 ly
StarGamma¹ Oct32 ly
StarNu Octstar
StarBeta Octstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Octans
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Octans

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.