K-type star · orange

HR 8661

HR 8661 is an orange in the constellation Lacerta 951 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,733 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 198× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 951 years ago.

951 lybrightness mag 6.43K2

Also catalogued as HD 215518 · HIP 112300

3,733 K
temperature
6.43
apparent magnitude
198× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
951 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
198×
the Sun's light output
-0.89
absolute magnitude
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HR 8661K-type
Sky regionLacertathis direction
StarHR 876197 ly
StarHR 870598 ly
StarHR 8535120 ly
StarStelliostar
Star1 Lacstar
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Bright stars in Lacerta
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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.