K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 8778

285 lybrightness mag 6.43G8IV

Also catalogued as HD 217944 · HIP 113852

5,002 K

temperature

6.43

apparent magnitude

17.80× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

285 years

at light speed from Earth

0.87×

as hot as the Sun

17.80×

the Sun's light output

1.72

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8778K-type

Sky regionCassiopeiathis direction

Nearest stars

30 Cep →29 ly apart
HR 9020 →43 ly apart
20 Cep →46 ly apart
HR 8696 →50 ly apart
11 And →51 ly apart
HR 8361 →55 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 6.4To 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.