K-type star · orange

HR 8242

1,726 lybrightness mag 6.17G2Ib+...

Also catalogued as HD 205114 · HIP 106267

4,996 K

temperature

6.17

apparent magnitude

830× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G2Ib+...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,726 years

at light speed from Earth

0.87×

as hot as the Sun

830×

the Sun's light output

-2.45

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8242K-type

Sky regionCygnusthis direction

Nearest stars

Azelfafage →66 ly apart
HR 8357 →250 ly apart
HR 8164 →280 ly apart
HR 7983 →290 ly apart
HR 8136 →290 ly apart
HR 8281 →300 ly apart

Bright stars in Cygnus

Sadr →mag 2.2
Aljanah →mag 2.5
Fawaris →mag 2.9
64Zet Cyg →mag 3.2
62Xi Cyg →mag 3.7
65Tau Cyg →mag 3.7
10Iot2Cyg →mag 3.8
1Kap Cyg →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cygnus

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.