K-type star · orange

HR 8836

HR 8836 is an orange in the constellation Aquarius 631 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,787 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 115× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 631 years ago.

631 lybrightness mag 6.13K5III

Also catalogued as HD 219279 · HIP 114750

3,787 K
temperature
6.13
apparent magnitude
115× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
631 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
115×
the Sun's light output
-0.30
absolute magnitude
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HR 8836K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquarius

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.