K-type star · orange

HR 8951

HR 8951 is an orange in the constellation Aquarius 471 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,067 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 49.93× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 471 years ago.

471 lybrightness mag 6.40G5III:

Also catalogued as HD 221835 · HIP 116428

5,067 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
49.93× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
471 years
at light speed from Earth
0.88×
as hot as the Sun
49.93×
the Sun's light output
0.60
absolute magnitude
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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.