K-type star · orange

HR 8727

HR 8727 is an orange in the constellation Aquarius 388 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,871 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 36.95× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 388 years ago.

388 lybrightness mag 6.31G9III

Also catalogued as HD 216953 · HIP 113345

4,871 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
36.95× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G9III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
388 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
36.95×
the Sun's light output
0.93
absolute magnitude
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HR 8727K-type
Sky regionAquariusthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquarius

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.