K-type star · orange

HR 8485

HR 8485 is an orange in the constellation Lacerta 482 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,975 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 302× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.5 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 482 years ago.

482 lybrightness mag 4.50K3III

Also catalogued as HD 211073 · HIP 109754

3,975 K
temperature
4.50
apparent magnitude
302× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
482 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
302×
the Sun's light output
-1.35
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HR 8485K-type
Sky regionLacertathis direction
StarHR 833843 ly
StarHD 21233446 ly
StarHR 840747 ly
StarStelliostar
Star1 Lacstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Lacerta
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Lacerta

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.