K-type star · orange dwarf

HD 8733

HD 8733 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Pisces 311 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,874 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 21.01× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 311 years ago.

311 lybrightness mag 6.44K0

Also catalogued as HIP 6714

4,874 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
21.01× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
311 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
21.01×
the Sun's light output
1.54
absolute magnitude
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HD 8733K-type
Sky regionPiscesthis direction
Star94 Psc32 ly
StarUpsilon Psc40 ly
StarPsi¹ Psc40 ly
StarGamma Pscstar
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pisces

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.