K-type star · orange

HR 8791

HR 8791 is an orange in the constellation Grus 1,299 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,867 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 406× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,299 years ago.

1,299 lybrightness mag 6.33K4III

Also catalogued as HD 218255 · HIP 114159

3,867 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
406× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,299 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
406×
the Sun's light output
-1.67
absolute magnitude
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HR 8791K-type
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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Grus

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.