K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 8268

147 lybrightness mag 6.28G8IV

Also catalogued as HD 205872 · HIP 106907

4,869 K

temperature

6.28

apparent magnitude

5.42× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

147 years

at light speed from Earth

0.84×

as hot as the Sun

5.42×

the Sun's light output

3.02

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8268K-type

Sky regionPiscis Austrinusthis direction

Nearest stars

Itonda →15 ly apart
14Mu PsA →19 ly apart
HR 8031 →25 ly apart
17Bet PsA →28 ly apart
HR 8563 →35 ly apart
Zet Mic →37 ly apart

Bright stars in Piscis Austrinus

18Eps PsA →mag 4.2
23Del PsA →mag 4.2
17Bet PsA →mag 4.3
9Iot PsA →mag 4.3
22Gam PsA →mag 4.5
14Mu PsA →mag 4.5
15Tau PsA →mag 4.9
Ups PsA →mag 5.0

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Piscis Austrinus

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.