K-type star · orange

HR 8869

1,394 lybrightness mag 5.96K2/K3III

Also catalogued as HD 219879 · HIP 115144

3,743 K

temperature

5.96

apparent magnitude

657× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2/K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,394 years

at light speed from Earth

0.65×

as hot as the Sun

657×

the Sun's light output

-2.19

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8869K-type

Sky regionAquariusthis direction

Nearest stars

82 Aqr →310 ly apart
HR 8928 →320 ly apart
HR 8719 →350 ly apart
HR 8759 →360 ly apart
HR 42 →360 ly apart
HD 1879 →440 ly apart

Bright stars in Aquarius

Sadalsuud →mag 2.9
Sadalmelik →mag 3.0
Skat →mag 3.3
55Zet1Aqr →mag 3.6
Safina →mag 3.7
73Lam Aqr →mag 3.7
Albali →mag 3.8
Sadachbia →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook 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.