K-type star · orange

HR 8626

HR 8626 is an orange in the constellation Lacerta 997 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,123 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 315× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 997 years ago.

997 lybrightness mag 6.03G3Ib-IICNe.

Also catalogued as HD 214714 · HIP 111869

5,123 K
temperature
6.03
apparent magnitude
315× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G3Ib-IICNe.
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
997 years
at light speed from Earth
0.89×
as hot as the Sun
315×
the Sun's light output
-1.40
absolute magnitude
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HR 8626K-type
Sky regionLacertathis direction
StarHR 865153 ly
StarHR 870664 ly
StarHR 8638120 ly
StarStelliostar
Star1 Lacstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Lacerta
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.