K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 8809

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

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8809K-type

Sky regionIndusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 9060 →25 ly apart
Lang-Exster →32 ly apart
HR 8769 →34 ly apart
Lam1Tuc →35 ly apart
HD 218497 →36 ly apart
HR 8593 →38 ly apart

Bright stars in Indus

Alp Ind →mag 3.1
Bet Ind →mag 3.7
The Ind →mag 4.4
Del Ind →mag 4.4
Eta Ind →mag 4.5
Eps Ind →mag 4.7
Zet Ind →mag 4.9
Iot Ind →mag 5.1

Can you see it tonight?

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.