K-type star · orange dwarf

Lionrock

Lionrock is an orange dwarf in the constellation Aquarius 427 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,045 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 13.64× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 7.6 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 427 years ago.

427 lybrightness mag 7.60G8IV

Also catalogued as HD 212771 · HIP 110813

5,045 K
temperature
7.60
apparent magnitude
13.64× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
427 years
at light speed from Earth
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
13.64×
the Sun's light output
2.01
absolute magnitude
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LionrockK-type
Sky regionAquariusthis direction
Star66 Aqr32 ly
Star50 Aqr42 ly
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Bright stars in Aquarius
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 7.6To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.