K-type star · orange

HR 8179

HR 8179 is an orange in the constellation Cepheus 406 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,731 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 48.48× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 406 years ago.

406 lybrightness mag 6.11G5III

Also catalogued as HD 203574 · HIP 105370

4,731 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
48.48× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
406 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
48.48×
the Sun's light output
0.64
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.