K-type star · orange

HR 8383

HR 8383 is an orange in the constellation Cepheus 2,452 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,724 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 4,450× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 2,452 years ago.

2,452 lybrightness mag 5.11M2 comp

Also catalogued as HD 208816 · HIP 108317

3,724 K
temperature
5.11
apparent magnitude
4,450× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M2 comp
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,452 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
4,450×
the Sun's light output
-4.27
absolute magnitude
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HR 8383K-type
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Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.1To see it no equipment neededLook 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.