K-type star · orange

HR 8985

HR 8985 is an orange in the constellation Cassiopeia 932 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,684 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 227× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 932 years ago.

932 lybrightness mag 6.24G8III

Also catalogued as HD 222618 · HIP 116912

4,684 K
temperature
6.24
apparent magnitude
227× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
932 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
227×
the Sun's light output
-1.04
absolute magnitude
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HR 8985K-type
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Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cassiopeia

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.