K-type star · orange

HR 8168

951 lybrightness mag 5.92K5III

Also catalogued as HD 203399 · HIP 104968

3,747 K

temperature

5.92

apparent magnitude

317× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

951 years

at light speed from Earth

0.65×

as hot as the Sun

317×

the Sun's light output

-1.40

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8168K-type

Sky regionCepheusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8599 →180 ly apart
HR 8395 →190 ly apart
HR 6717 →190 ly apart
HR 7199 →190 ly apart
Lam UMi →210 ly apart
7 Cep →210 ly apart

Bright stars in Cepheus

Alderamin →mag 2.5
Errai →mag 3.2
Alfirk →mag 3.2
21Zet Cep →mag 3.4
3Eta Cep →mag 3.4
32Iot Cep →mag 3.5
27Del Cep →mag 4.1
23Eps Cep →mag 4.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cepheus

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.