K-type star · orange

HR 8298

HR 8298 is an orange in the constellation Cygnus 684 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,926 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 138× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 684 years ago.

684 lybrightness mag 6.11M4.5

Also catalogued as HD 206632 · HIP 107140

3,926 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
138× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M4.5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
684 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
138×
the Sun's light output
-0.50
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HR 8298K-type
Sky regionCygnusthis direction
StarHR 842265 ly
StarHR 830668 ly
StarHR 813881 ly
StarSadrstar
StarAljanahstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Cygnus
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.