K-type star · orange

HR 8783

HR 8783 is an orange in the constellation Aquarius 646 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,000 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 118× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 646 years ago.

646 lybrightness mag 6.15K4III

Also catalogued as HD 218061 · HIP 113998

4,000 K
temperature
6.15
apparent magnitude
118× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
646 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
118×
the Sun's light output
-0.33
absolute magnitude
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HR 8783K-type
Sky regionAquariusthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.