K-type star · orange

HR 8596

303 lybrightness mag 5.97K1III

Also catalogued as HD 213986 · HIP 111515

4,781 K

temperature

5.97

apparent magnitude

30.79× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

303 years

at light speed from Earth

0.83×

as hot as the Sun

30.79×

the Sun's light output

1.13

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8596K-type

Sky regionAquariusthis direction

Nearest stars

21 PsA →41 ly apart
HR 8740 →42 ly apart
49 Aqr →43 ly apart
HR 8394 →52 ly apart
Safina →53 ly apart
68 Aqr →55 ly apart

Bright stars in Aquarius

Sadalsuud →mag 2.9
Sadalmelik →mag 3.0
Skat →mag 3.3
55Zet1Aqr →mag 3.6
Safina →mag 3.7
73Lam Aqr →mag 3.7
Albali →mag 3.8
Sadachbia →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Aquarius

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.