M-type star · red

HR 8714

HR 8714 is a red in the constellation Pegasus 1,365 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,479 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 424× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,365 years ago.

1,365 lybrightness mag 6.39S51

Also catalogued as HD 216672 · HIP 113131

3,479 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
424× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
S51
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,365 years
at light speed from Earth
0.60×
as hot as the Sun
424×
the Sun's light output
-1.72
absolute magnitude
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HR 8714M-type
Sky regionPegasusthis direction
StarHR 8564280 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pegasus

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.