K-type star · orange

HR 6805

HR 6805 is an orange in the constellation Pavo 295 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,881 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 41.65× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.6 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 295 years ago.

295 lybrightness mag 5.58K0III/IV

Also catalogued as HD 166599 · HIP 89487

4,881 K
temperature
5.58
apparent magnitude
41.65× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III/IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
295 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
41.65×
the Sun's light output
0.80
absolute magnitude
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HR 6805K-type
Sky regionPavothis direction
StarZeta Aps38 ly
StarHR 727839 ly
StarHR 690839 ly
StarPeacockstar
StarBeta Pavstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pavo
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.6To see it no equipment neededLook toward Pavo

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.