K-type star · orange

HR 8928

HR 8928 is an orange in the constellation Aquarius 1,503 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,196 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 514× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,503 years ago.

1,503 lybrightness mag 6.39K0

Also catalogued as HD 221308 · HIP 116060

4,196 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
514× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,503 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
514×
the Sun's light output
-1.93
absolute magnitude
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HR 8928K-type
Sky regionAquariusthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.