K-type star · orange

HR 8261

HR 8261 is an orange in the constellation Cygnus 362 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,232 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 30.59× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 362 years ago.

362 lybrightness mag 6.36G8III-IV

Also catalogued as HD 205688 · HIP 106661

4,232 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
30.59× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III-IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
362 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
30.59×
the Sun's light output
1.14
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cygnus

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.