K-type star · orange

HR 8743

687 lybrightness mag 5.66K0IICNIII

Also catalogued as HD 217303 · HIP 113562

4,207 K

temperature

5.66

apparent magnitude

210× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0IICNIII

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

687 years

at light speed from Earth

0.73×

as hot as the Sun

210×

the Sun's light output

-0.96

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8743K-type

Sky regionPiscis Austrinusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8813 →56 ly apart
HD 216727 →62 ly apart
19 PsA →69 ly apart
HR 8623 →85 ly apart
HR 8783 →100 ly apart
HR 8871 →140 ly apart

Bright stars in Piscis Austrinus

18Eps PsA →mag 4.2
23Del PsA →mag 4.2
17Bet PsA →mag 4.3
9Iot PsA →mag 4.3
22Gam PsA →mag 4.5
14Mu PsA →mag 4.5
15Tau PsA →mag 4.9
Ups PsA →mag 5.0

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Piscis Austrinus

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.