K-type star · orange

HR 8273

HR 8273 is an orange in the constellation Capricornus 307 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,663 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 28.81× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 307 years ago.

307 lybrightness mag 6.07K0

Also catalogued as HD 206005 · HIP 106938

4,663 K
temperature
6.07
apparent magnitude
28.81× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
307 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
28.81×
the Sun's light output
1.20
absolute magnitude
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HR 8273K-type
Sky regionCapricornusthis direction
Star19 Aqr21 ly
StarLambda Cap27 ly
Star30 Aqr38 ly
StarDeneb Algedistar
StarDabihstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Capricornus

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.