K-type star · orange

HR 8331

HR 8331 is an orange in the constellation Indus 338 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,700 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 52.82× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.6 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 338 years ago.

338 lybrightness mag 5.62K1III

Also catalogued as HD 207229 · HIP 107773

4,700 K
temperature
5.62
apparent magnitude
52.82× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
338 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
52.82×
the Sun's light output
0.54
absolute magnitude
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HR 8331K-type
Sky regionIndusthis direction
StarHR 867248 ly
StarSigma Pav54 ly
StarNu Tuc57 ly
StarAlpha Indstar
StarBeta Indstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Indus
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.6To see it no equipment neededLook 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.