K-type star · orange

HR 8261

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

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8261K-type

Sky regionCygnusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8182 →19 ly apart
HR 8325 →32 ly apart
HR 8094 →42 ly apart
23 Peg →43 ly apart
2 Peg →54 ly apart
HR 8415 →55 ly apart

Bright stars in Cygnus

Sadr →mag 2.2
Aljanah →mag 2.5
Fawaris →mag 2.9
64Zet Cyg →mag 3.2
62Xi Cyg →mag 3.7
65Tau Cyg →mag 3.7
10Iot2Cyg →mag 3.8
1Kap Cyg →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

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.