K-type star · orange

HR 8661

951 lybrightness mag 6.43K2

Also catalogued as HD 215518 · HIP 112300

3,733 K

temperature

6.43

apparent magnitude

198× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

951 years

at light speed from Earth

0.65×

as hot as the Sun

198×

the Sun's light output

-0.89

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8661K-type

Sky regionLacertathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8761 →97 ly apart
HR 8705 →98 ly apart
HR 8535 →120 ly apart
HR 8677 →120 ly apart
HD 213307 →120 ly apart
HR 8403 →120 ly apart

Bright stars in Lacerta

Stellio →mag 3.8
1 Lac →mag 4.1
5 Lac →mag 4.3
3Bet Lac →mag 4.4
11 Lac →mag 4.5
6 Lac →mag 4.5
2 Lac →mag 4.5
4 Lac →mag 4.5

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lacerta

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.