K-type star · orange

HR 8271

HR 8271 is an orange in the constellation Indus 722 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,603 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 125× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 722 years ago.

722 lybrightness mag 6.33K0III-IV

Also catalogued as HD 205935 · HIP 107030

4,603 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
125× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III-IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
722 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
125×
the Sun's light output
-0.39
absolute magnitude
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HR 8271K-type
Sky regionIndusthis direction
StarHD 19964286 ly
StarHD 208184110 ly
StarHR 8440130 ly
StarAlpha Indstar
StarTheta Indstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Indus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Indus

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.