K-type star · orange

HR 8761

HR 8761 is an orange in the constellation Cassiopeia 991 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,795 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 257× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 991 years ago.

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
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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.