K-type star · orange

HR 8946

371 lybrightness mag 5.95K4III

Also catalogued as HD 221745 · HIP 116368

4,034 K

temperature

5.95

apparent magnitude

47.12× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K4III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

371 years

at light speed from Earth

0.70×

as hot as the Sun

47.12×

the Sun's light output

0.67

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8946K-type

Sky regionAquariusthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 222125 →16 ly apart
106 Aqr →26 ly apart
HR 9021 →32 ly apart
HR 8979 →33 ly apart
HR 8856 →44 ly apart
HD 220766 →46 ly apart

Bright stars in Aquarius

Sadalsuud →mag 2.9
Sadalmelik →mag 3.0
Skat →mag 3.3
55Zet1Aqr →mag 3.6
Safina →mag 3.7
73Lam Aqr →mag 3.7
Albali →mag 3.8
Sadachbia →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook 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.