K-type star · orange

HR 8987

270 lybrightness mag 5.27K3III

Also catalogued as HD 222643 · HIP 116957

4,044 K

temperature

5.27

apparent magnitude

46.56× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

270 years

at light speed from Earth

0.70×

as hot as the Sun

46.56×

the Sun's light output

0.68

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8987K-type

Sky regionAquariusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8958 →13 ly apart
HR 9037 →17 ly apart
2 Cet →26 ly apart
99 Aqr →34 ly apart
107 Aqr →35 ly apart
100 Aqr →36 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 5.3To 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.