K-type star · orange

HR 8063

HR 8063 is an orange in the constellation Cygnus 718 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,716 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 153× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 718 years ago.

718 lybrightness mag 6.10G8III

Also catalogued as HD 200577 · HIP 103894

4,716 K
temperature
6.10
apparent magnitude
153× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
718 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
153×
the Sun's light output
-0.61
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cygnus

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.