K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 8994

HR 8994 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Tucana 152 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,970 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 7.11× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 152 years ago.

152 lybrightness mag 6.06G8IV

Also catalogued as HD 222805 · HIP 117105

4,970 K
temperature
6.06
apparent magnitude
7.11× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
152 years
at light speed from Earth
0.86×
as hot as the Sun
7.11×
the Sun's light output
2.72
absolute magnitude
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HR 8994K-type
Sky regionTucanathis direction
StarEta Tuc17 ly
StarHR 852720 ly
StarHR 854722 ly
StarLang-Exsterstar
StarGamma Tucstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Tucana
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Tucana

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.