K-type star · orange

HR 8831

HR 8831 is an orange in the constellation Pegasus 380 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,933 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 34.45× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 380 years ago.

380 lybrightness mag 6.34G8III

Also catalogued as HD 219110 · HIP 114607

4,933 K
temperature
6.34
apparent magnitude
34.45× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
380 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
34.45×
the Sun's light output
1.01
absolute magnitude
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HR 8831K-type
Sky regionPegasusthis direction
Star69 Peg40 ly
StarHR 883840 ly
Star63 Peg42 ly
StarEnifstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pegasus

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.