K-type star · orange

HR 8299

867 lybrightness mag 6.28K1IIICN...

Also catalogued as HD 206642 · HIP 107344

4,453 K

temperature

6.28

apparent magnitude

189× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1IIICN...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

867 years

at light speed from Earth

0.77×

as hot as the Sun

189×

the Sun's light output

-0.84

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8299K-type

Sky regionGrusthis direction

Nearest stars

12Eta PsA →160 ly apart
HR 8124 →180 ly apart
Eta Mic →190 ly apart
HR 7915 →190 ly apart
HR 8685 →210 ly apart
HD 203607 →210 ly apart

Bright stars in Grus

Alnair →mag 1.7
Tiaki →mag 2.1
Aldhanab →mag 3.0
Eps Gru →mag 3.5
Iot Gru →mag 3.9
Del1Gru →mag 4.0
Zet Gru →mag 4.1
Del2Gru →mag 4.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Grus

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.