K-type star · orange

HR 8179

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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HR 8179K-type
Sky regionCepheusthis direction
Star18 Cep45 ly
StarHR 847650 ly
StarHR 791655 ly
StarAlderaminstar
StarErraistar
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Bright stars in Cepheus
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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.