K-type star · orange

HR 8921

HR 8921 is an orange in the constellation Aquarius 937 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,889 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 238× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 937 years ago.

937 lybrightness mag 6.20K0

Also catalogued as HD 221081 · HIP 115906

3,889 K
temperature
6.20
apparent magnitude
238× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
937 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
238×
the Sun's light output
-1.09
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.