K-type star · orange

HR 8493

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

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8493K-type

Sky regionCepheusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8625 →34 ly apart
Alfirk →53 ly apart
HR 7868 →94 ly apart
HD 205938 →97 ly apart
HD 209111 →100 ly apart
HR 8867 →100 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 6.1To 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.