K-type star · orange

HR 8759

HR 8759 is an orange in the constellation Aquarius 1,476 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,762 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 750× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,476 years ago.

1,476 lybrightness mag 5.94K0

Also catalogued as HD 217563 · HIP 113686

4,762 K
temperature
5.94
apparent magnitude
750× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,476 years
at light speed from Earth
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
750×
the Sun's light output
-2.34
absolute magnitude
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HR 8759K-type
Sky regionAquariusthis direction
Star82 Aqr52 ly
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Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.