K-type star · orange

HR 8810

HR 8810 is an orange in the constellation Octans 741 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,797 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 121× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 741 years ago.

741 lybrightness mag 6.43K4III

Also catalogued as HD 218559 · HIP 114550

3,797 K
temperature
6.43
apparent magnitude
121× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
741 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
121×
the Sun's light output
-0.35
absolute magnitude
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HR 8810K-type
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Octans

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.