K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 8046

220 lybrightness mag 5.93K2III

Also catalogued as HD 200073 · HIP 103836

4,502 K

temperature

5.93

apparent magnitude

16.76× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

220 years

at light speed from Earth

0.78×

as hot as the Sun

16.76×

the Sun's light output

1.79

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8046K-type

Sky regionMicroscopiumthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 7935 →16 ly apart
HR 7853 →21 ly apart
Gam Mic →26 ly apart
The1Mic →27 ly apart
HR 7893 →32 ly apart
Kap1Sgr →32 ly apart

Bright stars in Microscopium

Gam Mic →mag 4.7
Eps Mic →mag 4.7
The1Mic →mag 4.8
Alp Mic →mag 4.9
Iot Mic →mag 5.1
Nu Mic →mag 5.1
Zet Mic →mag 5.3
Eta Mic →mag 5.5

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Microscopium

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.