K-type star · orange

HR 8801

HR 8801 is an orange in the constellation Andromeda 355 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,603 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 36.85× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 355 years ago.

355 lybrightness mag 6.12K0III

Also catalogued as HD 218416 · HIP 114162

4,603 K
temperature
6.12
apparent magnitude
36.85× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
355 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
36.85×
the Sun's light output
0.93
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Andromeda

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.