K-type star · orange

HR 8623

694 lybrightness mag 5.88K2/K3III

Also catalogued as HD 214690 · HIP 111934

4,127 K

temperature

5.88

apparent magnitude

175× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2/K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

694 years

at light speed from Earth

0.72×

as hot as the Sun

175×

the Sun's light output

-0.76

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8623K-type

Sky regionPiscis Austrinusthis direction

Nearest stars

19 PsA →17 ly apart
HR 8743 →85 ly apart
HR 8813 →92 ly apart
HR 8713 →130 ly apart
HD 216727 →130 ly apart
HR 8685 →140 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.