K-type star · orange

HR 87

570 lybrightness mag 5.96K3III

Also catalogued as HD 1801 · HIP 1706

3,955 K

temperature

5.96

apparent magnitude

110× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

570 years

at light speed from Earth

0.69×

as hot as the Sun

110×

the Sun's light output

-0.25

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 87K-type

Sky regionHydrusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8957 →49 ly apart
HR 58 →50 ly apart
HR 9108 →61 ly apart
HR 8794 →68 ly apart
HR 8995 →88 ly apart
Xi Oct →91 ly apart

Bright stars in Hydrus

Bet Hyi →mag 2.8
Alp Hyi →mag 2.9
Gam Hyi →mag 3.3
Del Hyi →mag 4.1
Eps Hyi →mag 4.1
Eta2Hyi →mag 4.7
Nu Hyi →mag 4.8
Zet Hyi →mag 4.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Hydrus

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.