K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 8394

HR 8394 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Aquarius 293 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,738 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 21.66× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 293 years ago.

293 lybrightness mag 6.28K0III

Also catalogued as HD 209240 · HIP 108784

4,738 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
21.66× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
293 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
21.66×
the Sun's light output
1.51
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquarius

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.