K-type star · orange

Theta Oct

Theta Oct is an orange in the constellation Octans 217 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,205 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 47.29× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 217 years ago.

217 lybrightness mag 4.78K2III

Also catalogued as HR 9084 · HD 224889 · HIP 122

4,205 K
temperature
4.78
apparent magnitude
47.29× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
217 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
47.29×
the Sun's light output
0.66
absolute magnitude
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Theta OctK-type
Sky regionOctansthis direction
StarLambda Hyi14 ly
StarHR 878627 ly
StarTau² Hyi27 ly
StarNu Octstar
StarBeta Octstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Octans
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.8To 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.