K-type star · orange

HR 8497

HR 8497 is an orange in the constellation Aquarius 464 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,624 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 59.98× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 464 years ago.

464 lybrightness mag 6.17K0III

Also catalogued as HD 211364 · HIP 110018

4,624 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
59.98× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
464 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
59.98×
the Sun's light output
0.41
absolute magnitude
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HR 8497K-type
Sky regionAquariusthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquarius

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.