K-type star · orange
HR 8122
HR 8122 is an orange in the constellation Capricornus 362 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,796 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 40.89× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 362 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 202261 · HIP 104914
4,796 K
temperature
6.05
apparent magnitude
40.89× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
362 years
at light speed from Earth
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
40.89×
the Sun's light output
0.82
absolute magnitude
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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.