K-type star · orange

Eps Oct

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

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Eps OctK-type

Sky regionOctansthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8432 →22 ly apart
Gam2Oct →25 ly apart
Gam1Oct →32 ly apart
HR 8370 →38 ly apart
Gam3Oct →42 ly apart
Polaris Australis →44 ly apart

Bright stars in Octans

Nu Oct →mag 3.7
Bet Oct →mag 4.1
Del Oct →mag 4.3
The Oct →mag 4.8
Gam1Oct →mag 5.1
Alp Oct →mag 5.1
Lam Oct →mag 5.3
Gam3Oct →mag 5.3

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.