K-type star · orange

Gamma² Oct

Gamma² Oct is an orange in the constellation Octans 305 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,614 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 39.26× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 305 years ago.

305 lybrightness mag 5.72K0III

Also catalogued as HR 9061 · HD 224362 · HIP 118114

4,614 K
temperature
5.72
apparent magnitude
39.26× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
305 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
39.26×
the Sun's light output
0.86
absolute magnitude
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Gamma² OctK-type
Sky regionOctansthis direction
StarEpsilon Oct25 ly
StarUpsilon Oct31 ly
StarGamma¹ Oct40 ly
StarNu Octstar
StarBeta Octstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Octans
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To 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.