K-type star · orange
HR 8785
HR 8785 is an orange in the constellation Pisces 382 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,923 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 33.27× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 382 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 218103 · HIP 114005
4,923 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
33.27× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G9III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
382 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
33.27×
the Sun's light output
1.04
absolute magnitude
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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.