K-type star · orange

HR 8608

HR 8608 is an orange in the constellation Pegasus 1,019 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,900 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 257× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,019 years ago.

1,019 lybrightness mag 6.30K5

Also catalogued as HD 214298 · HIP 111649

3,900 K
temperature
6.30
apparent magnitude
257× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,019 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
257×
the Sun's light output
-1.17
absolute magnitude
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HR 8608K-type
Sky regionPegasusthis direction
StarHR 8436160 ly
Star18 Peg200 ly
Star9 Peg250 ly
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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pegasus

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.