K-type star · orange

HR 8689

HR 8689 is an orange in the constellation Tucana 409 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,684 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 48.00× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 409 years ago.

409 lybrightness mag 6.14K0III

Also catalogued as HD 216187 · HIP 112924

4,684 K
temperature
6.14
apparent magnitude
48.00× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
409 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
48.00×
the Sun's light output
0.65
absolute magnitude
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HR 8689K-type
Sky regionTucanathis direction
StarHR 866928 ly
StarHR 891937 ly
StarEpsilon Tuc64 ly
StarLang-Exsterstar
StarGamma Tucstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Tucana
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.