K-type star · orange

HR 8506

617 lybrightness mag 5.88G8III

Also catalogued as HD 211554 · HIP 109972

4,866 K

temperature

5.88

apparent magnitude

138× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

617 years

at light speed from Earth

0.84×

as hot as the Sun

138×

the Sun's light output

-0.50

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8506K-type

Sky regionCepheusthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 212136 →18 ly apart
HR 8434 →33 ly apart
HR 8442 →67 ly apart
HR 8683 →79 ly apart
HR 8589 →88 ly apart
HR 8275 →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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.