K-type star · orange dwarf
HR 8993
HR 8993 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Phoenix 226 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,796 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 15.43× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 226 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 222803 · HIP 117075
4,796 K
temperature
6.08
apparent magnitude
15.43× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
226 years
at light speed from Earth
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
15.43×
the Sun's light output
1.88
absolute magnitude
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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.