K-type star · orange

HR 8908

HR 8908 is an orange in the constellation Tucana 974 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,862 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 200× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 974 years ago.

974 lybrightness mag 6.47K4III

Also catalogued as HD 220759 · HIP 115756

3,862 K
temperature
6.47
apparent magnitude
200× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
974 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
200×
the Sun's light output
-0.91
absolute magnitude
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HR 8908K-type
Sky regionTucanathis direction
StarHR 8889160 ly
StarHR 304190 ly
StarHR 8620210 ly
StarLang-Exsterstar
StarGamma Tucstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Tucana

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.