K-type star · orange

HR 8442

679 lybrightness mag 6.34G6III

Also catalogued as HD 210220 · HIP 109190

5,059 K

temperature

6.34

apparent magnitude

110× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G6III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

679 years

at light speed from Earth

0.88×

as hot as the Sun

110×

the Sun's light output

-0.25

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8442K-type

Sky regionCepheusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8434 →45 ly apart
HR 8506 →67 ly apart
HR 8589 →72 ly apart
HR 8290 →75 ly apart
HD 212136 →77 ly apart
HR 8537 →81 ly apart

Bright stars in Cepheus

Alderamin →mag 2.5
Errai →mag 3.2
Alfirk →mag 3.2
21Zet Cep →mag 3.4
3Eta Cep →mag 3.4
32Iot Cep →mag 3.5
27Del Cep →mag 4.1
23Eps Cep →mag 4.2

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To 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.