M-type star · red

HR 8707

HR 8707 is a red in the constellation Cepheus 1,269 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,455 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 520× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,269 years ago.

1,269 lybrightness mag 6.01K2V:

Also catalogued as HD 216595 · HIP 112998

3,455 K
temperature
6.01
apparent magnitude
520× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2V:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,269 years
at light speed from Earth
0.60×
as hot as the Sun
520×
the Sun's light output
-1.94
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cepheus

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.