K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 8046

HR 8046 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Microscopium 220 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,502 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 16.76× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 220 years ago.

220 lybrightness mag 5.93K2III

Also catalogued as HD 200073 · HIP 103836

4,502 K
temperature
5.93
apparent magnitude
16.76× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
220 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
16.76×
the Sun's light output
1.79
absolute magnitude
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HR 8046K-type
Sky regionMicroscopiumthis direction
StarHR 793516 ly
StarHR 785321 ly
StarGamma Mic26 ly
StarEpsilon Micstar
StarAlpha Micstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Microscopium
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Microscopium

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.