K-type star · orange

HR 8668

357 lybrightness mag 6.28K1III

Also catalogued as HD 215669 · HIP 112501

4,420 K

temperature

6.28

apparent magnitude

32.15× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

357 years

at light speed from Earth

0.77×

as hot as the Sun

32.15×

the Sun's light output

1.08

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8668K-type

Sky regionPiscis Austrinusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8601 →21 ly apart
HR 8619 →39 ly apart
21 PsA →44 ly apart
HR 8740 →55 ly apart
HR 8760 →60 ly apart
HR 8639 →63 ly apart

Bright stars in Piscis Austrinus

18Eps PsA →mag 4.2
23Del PsA →mag 4.2
17Bet PsA →mag 4.3
9Iot PsA →mag 4.3
22Gam PsA →mag 4.5
14Mu PsA →mag 4.5
15Tau PsA →mag 4.9
Ups PsA →mag 5.0

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Piscis Austrinus

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.