K-type star · orange

HR 8312

HR 8312 is an orange in the constellation Cepheus 1,094 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,036 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 356× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,094 years ago.

1,094 lybrightness mag 6.10K1III

Also catalogued as HD 206842 · HIP 107197

4,036 K
temperature
6.10
apparent magnitude
356× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,094 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
356×
the Sun's light output
-1.53
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cepheus

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.