K-type star · orange

HR 8896

HR 8896 is an orange in the constellation Grus 982 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,848 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 282× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 982 years ago.

982 lybrightness mag 6.12K3III

Also catalogued as HD 220401 · HIP 115496

3,848 K
temperature
6.12
apparent magnitude
282× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
982 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
282×
the Sun's light output
-1.27
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Grus

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.