K-type star · orange

HR 8580

HR 8580 is an orange in the constellation Aquarius 391 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,552 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 43.41× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 391 years ago.

391 lybrightness mag 6.15K0

Also catalogued as HD 213428 · HIP 111171

4,552 K
temperature
6.15
apparent magnitude
43.41× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
391 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
43.41×
the Sun's light output
0.76
absolute magnitude
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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.