K-type star · orange

HR 8142

359 lybrightness mag 6.40K0IV

Also catalogued as HD 202773 · HIP 105228

4,826 K

temperature

6.40

apparent magnitude

29.11× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

359 years

at light speed from Earth

0.84×

as hot as the Sun

29.11×

the Sun's light output

1.19

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8142K-type

Sky regionMicroscopiumthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8110 →13 ly apart
Sāmaya →33 ly apart
HR 8076 →41 ly apart
HR 8247 →41 ly apart
HR 7989 →48 ly apart
HR 8108 →49 ly apart

Bright stars in Microscopium

Gam Mic →mag 4.7
Eps Mic →mag 4.7
The1Mic →mag 4.8
Alp Mic →mag 4.9
Iot Mic →mag 5.1
Nu Mic →mag 5.1
Zet Mic →mag 5.3
Eta Mic →mag 5.5

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.