K-type star · orange

HR 8741

HR 8741 is an orange in the constellation Aquarius 889 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,856 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 231× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 889 years ago.

889 lybrightness mag 6.12K3/K4III

Also catalogued as HD 217251 · HIP 113531

3,856 K
temperature
6.12
apparent magnitude
231× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3/K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
889 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
231×
the Sun's light output
-1.06
absolute magnitude
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HR 8741K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.