K-type star · orange

HR 8685

773 lybrightness mag 5.43K3III

Also catalogued as HD 216149 · HIP 112832

3,880 K

temperature

5.43

apparent magnitude

329× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

773 years

at light speed from Earth

0.67×

as hot as the Sun

329×

the Sun's light output

-1.44

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8685K-type

Sky regionGrusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8657 →100 ly apart
HR 8623 →140 ly apart
HR 8659 →140 ly apart
19 PsA →150 ly apart
HR 8818 →160 ly apart
HD 219823 →180 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.4To see it no equipment neededLook 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.