K-type star · orange
HR 8927
HR 8927 is an orange in the constellation Andromeda 681 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,762 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 142× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 681 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 221293 · HIP 116030
4,762 K
temperature
6.07
apparent magnitude
142× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G9III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
681 years
at light speed from Earth
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
142×
the Sun's light output
-0.53
absolute magnitude
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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.