K-type star · orange

HR 8669

HR 8669 is an orange in the constellation Tucana 434 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,605 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 44.14× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 434 years ago.

434 lybrightness mag 6.36K0III

Also catalogued as HD 215682 · HIP 112603

4,605 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
44.14× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
434 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
44.14×
the Sun's light output
0.74
absolute magnitude
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HR 8669K-type
Sky regionTucanathis direction
StarHR 868928 ly
StarHR 868637 ly
StarHR 864643 ly
StarLang-Exsterstar
StarGamma Tucstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Tucana

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.