K-type star · orange

HR 8159

HR 8159 is an orange in the constellation Pavo 560 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,185 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 94.19× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 560 years ago.

560 lybrightness mag 6.09K2III

Also catalogued as HD 203212 · HIP 105768

4,185 K
temperature
6.09
apparent magnitude
94.19× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
560 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
94.19×
the Sun's light output
-0.09
absolute magnitude
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HR 8159K-type
Sky regionPavothis direction
StarOmicron Ind34 ly
StarHR 824976 ly
StarHR 812581 ly
StarPeacockstar
StarBeta Pavstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pavo
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pavo

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.