K-type star · orange

HR 8761

991 lybrightness mag 6.24K2II

Also catalogued as HD 217673 · HIP 113684

3,795 K

temperature

6.24

apparent magnitude

257× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

991 years

at light speed from Earth

0.66×

as hot as the Sun

257×

the Sun's light output

-1.17

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8761K-type

Sky regionCassiopeiathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8677 →43 ly apart
HR 8535 →94 ly apart
HR 8661 →97 ly apart
HR 8745 →98 ly apart
HR 8985 →110 ly apart
HD 213307 →130 ly apart

Bright stars in Cassiopeia

Cih →mag 2.1
Schedar →mag 2.2
Caph →mag 2.3
Ruchbah →mag 2.7
Segin →mag 3.4
Achird →mag 3.5
Fulu →mag 3.7
50 Cas →mag 4.0

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cassiopeia

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.