K-type star · orange

HR 8159

560 lybrightness mag 6.09K2III

Also catalogued as HD 203212 · HIP 105768

4,185 K

temperature

6.09

apparent magnitude

94.19× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

560 years

at light speed from Earth

0.73×

as hot as the Sun

94.19×

the Sun's light output

-0.09

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8159K-type

Sky regionPavothis direction

Nearest stars

Omi Ind →34 ly apart
HR 8249 →76 ly apart
HR 8125 →81 ly apart
HR 7838 →81 ly apart
HR 8794 →89 ly apart
HR 8073 →89 ly apart

Bright stars in Pavo

Peacock →mag 1.9
Bet Pav →mag 3.4
Del Pav →mag 3.5
Eta Pav →mag 3.6
Eps Pav →mag 4.0
Zet Pav →mag 4.0
Gam Pav →mag 4.2
Lam Pav →mag 4.2

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pavo

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.