K-type star · orange

HR 8519

HR 8519 is an orange in the constellation Lacerta 1,382 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,319 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 431× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,382 years ago.

1,382 lybrightness mag 6.40K2

Also catalogued as HD 212071 · HIP 110316

4,319 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
431× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,382 years
at light speed from Earth
0.75×
as hot as the Sun
431×
the Sun's light output
-1.74
absolute magnitude
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HR 8519K-type
Sky regionLacertathis direction
StarHR 8692120 ly
StarHR 8648160 ly
StarHR 8259180 ly
StarStelliostar
Star1 Lacstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Lacerta
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lacerta

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.