K-type star · orange

HR 8442

HR 8442 is an orange in the constellation Cepheus 679 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,059 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 110× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 679 years ago.

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
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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.