K-type star · orange

HR 8659

767 lybrightness mag 6.49K0III-IV

Also catalogued as HD 215504 · HIP 112432

4,385 K

temperature

6.49

apparent magnitude

122× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0III-IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

767 years

at light speed from Earth

0.76×

as hot as the Sun

122×

the Sun's light output

-0.37

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8659K-type

Sky regionGrusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8657 →47 ly apart
HR 8620 →140 ly apart
HR 8685 →140 ly apart
HR 8440 →140 ly apart
HR 8271 →160 ly apart
HR 8484 →170 ly apart

Bright stars in Grus

Alnair →mag 1.7
Tiaki →mag 2.1
Aldhanab →mag 3.0
Eps Gru →mag 3.5
Iot Gru →mag 3.9
Del1Gru →mag 4.0
Zet Gru →mag 4.1
Del2Gru →mag 4.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Grus

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.