K-type star · orange dwarf

HD 221833

HD 221833 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Pisces 281 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,407 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 16.66× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 281 years ago.

281 lybrightness mag 6.47K0

Also catalogued as HIP 116422

4,407 K
temperature
6.47
apparent magnitude
16.66× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
281 years
at light speed from Earth
0.76×
as hot as the Sun
16.66×
the Sun's light output
1.80
absolute magnitude
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HD 221833K-type
Sky regionPiscesthis direction
Star21 Psc29 ly
Star5 Psc35 ly
Star20 Psc45 ly
StarAlphergstar
StarGamma Pscstar
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Bright stars in Pisces
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pisces

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.