K-type star · orange

HR 8493

HR 8493 is an orange in the constellation Cepheus 688 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,728 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 139× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 688 years ago.

688 lybrightness mag 6.11A3V+...

Also catalogued as HD 211300 · HIP 109659

4,728 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
139× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A3V+...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
688 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
139×
the Sun's light output
-0.51
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.1To 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.