K-type star · orange

HR 8692

HR 8692 is an orange in the constellation Lacerta 1,348 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,453 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 479× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,348 years ago.

1,348 lybrightness mag 6.23G4Ib

Also catalogued as HD 216206 · HIP 112761

4,453 K
temperature
6.23
apparent magnitude
479× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G4Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,348 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
479×
the Sun's light output
-1.85
absolute magnitude
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HR 8692K-type
Sky regionLacertathis direction
StarHR 8519120 ly
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Star16 Lac220 ly
StarStelliostar
Star1 Lacstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.