K-type star · orange

HR 8456

HR 8456 is an orange in the constellation Pegasus 443 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,559 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 45.84× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 443 years ago.

443 lybrightness mag 6.36K0III

Also catalogued as HD 210461 · HIP 109445

4,559 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
45.84× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
443 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
45.84×
the Sun's light output
0.70
absolute magnitude
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HR 8456K-type
Sky regionPegasusthis direction
Star17 Peg52 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pegasus

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.