K-type star · orange

HR 8575

HR 8575 is an orange in the constellation Lacerta 363 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,377 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 29.40× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 363 years ago.

363 lybrightness mag 6.41K2III SB

Also catalogued as HD 213389 · HIP 111072

4,377 K
temperature
6.41
apparent magnitude
29.40× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III SB
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
363 years
at light speed from Earth
0.76×
as hot as the Sun
29.40×
the Sun's light output
1.18
absolute magnitude
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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.