K-type star · orange

HR 8509

1,165 lybrightness mag 6.41K3/K4III

Also catalogued as HD 211726 · HIP 110311

3,944 K

temperature

6.41

apparent magnitude

303× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3/K4III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,165 years

at light speed from Earth

0.68×

as hot as the Sun

303×

the Sun's light output

-1.35

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8509K-type

Sky regionTucanathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8233 →240 ly apart
HR 8791 →260 ly apart
HR 8908 →290 ly apart
HR 8620 →320 ly apart
HR 8156 →330 ly apart
HR 8889 →350 ly apart

Bright stars in Tucana

Lang-Exster →mag 2.9
Gam Tuc →mag 4.0
Zet Tuc →mag 4.2
Kap Tuc →mag 4.3
Bet1Tuc →mag 4.4
Eps Tuc →mag 4.5
Del Tuc →mag 4.5
Bet2Tuc →mag 4.5

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Tucana

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.