K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 8809

HR 8809 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Indus 207 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,851 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 9.10× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 207 years ago.

207 lybrightness mag 6.47K0IV

Also catalogued as HD 218558 · HIP 114408

4,851 K
temperature
6.47
apparent magnitude
9.10× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
207 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
9.10×
the Sun's light output
2.45
absolute magnitude
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HR 8809K-type
Sky regionIndusthis direction
StarHR 906025 ly
StarLang-Exster32 ly
StarHR 876934 ly
StarAlpha Indstar
StarBeta Indstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Indus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Indus

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.