K-type star · orange

HR 8557

501 lybrightness mag 5.47K2III

Also catalogued as HD 213022 · HIP 110725

4,278 K

temperature

5.47

apparent magnitude

133× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

501 years

at light speed from Earth

0.74×

as hot as the Sun

133×

the Sun's light output

-0.46

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8557K-type

Sky regionCepheusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8473 →22 ly apart
HR 8342 →29 ly apart
HR 8844 →64 ly apart
HR 129 →90 ly apart
HR 8598 →91 ly apart
HR 8779 →96 ly apart

Bright stars in Cepheus

Alderamin →mag 2.5
Errai →mag 3.2
Alfirk →mag 3.2
21Zet Cep →mag 3.4
3Eta Cep →mag 3.4
32Iot Cep →mag 3.5
27Del Cep →mag 4.1
23Eps Cep →mag 4.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cepheus

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.