K-type star · orange

HR 8713

HR 8713 is an orange in the constellation Grus 587 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,098 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 77.62× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 587 years ago.

587 lybrightness mag 6.40K2III

Also catalogued as HD 216666 · HIP 113189

4,098 K

temperature

6.40

apparent magnitude

77.62× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

587 years

at light speed from Earth

0.71×

as hot as the Sun

77.62×

the Sun's light output

0.13

absolute magnitude

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HR 8713K-type

Sky regionGrusthis direction

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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.