K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 8268

HR 8268 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Piscis Austrinus 147 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,869 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 5.42× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 147 years ago.

147 lybrightness mag 6.28G8IV

Also catalogued as HD 205872 · HIP 106907

4,869 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
5.42× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
147 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
5.42×
the Sun's light output
3.02
absolute magnitude
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HR 8268K-type
Sky regionPiscis Austrinusthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Piscis Austrinus

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.