K-type star · orange

HR 8509

HR 8509 is an orange in the constellation Tucana 1,165 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,944 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 303× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,165 years ago.

1,165 lybrightness mag 6.41K3/K4III

Also catalogued as HD 211726 · HIP 110311

3,944 K
temperature
6.41
apparent magnitude
303× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3/K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,165 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
303×
the Sun's light output
-1.35
absolute magnitude
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HR 8509K-type
Sky regionTucanathis direction
StarHR 8233240 ly
StarHR 8791260 ly
StarHR 8908290 ly
StarLang-Exsterstar
StarGamma Tucstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Tucana
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Tucana

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.