K-type star · orange

HR 8712

HR 8712 is an orange in the constellation Lacerta 304 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,438 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 35.55× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 304 years ago.

304 lybrightness mag 5.82K0III

Also catalogued as HD 216646 · HIP 113084

4,438 K
temperature
5.82
apparent magnitude
35.55× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
304 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
35.55×
the Sun's light output
0.97
absolute magnitude
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HR 8712K-type
Sky regionLacertathis direction
StarHR 864315 ly
Star15 Lac27 ly
Star13 And35 ly
StarStelliostar
Star1 Lacstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Lacerta
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook 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.