K-type star · orange

Pi² Oct

Pi² Oct is an orange in the constellation Octans 1,953 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,170 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,716× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,953 years ago.

1,953 lybrightness mag 5.65G8Ib

Also catalogued as HR 5545 · HD 131246 · HIP 73771

4,170 K
temperature
5.65
apparent magnitude
1,716× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,953 years
at light speed from Earth
0.72×
as hot as the Sun
1,716×
the Sun's light output
-3.24
absolute magnitude
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Pi² OctK-type
Sky regionOctansthis direction
StarHR 5306210 ly
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Octans

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.