M-type star · red

HR 8707

1,269 lybrightness mag 6.01K2V:

Also catalogued as HD 216595 · HIP 112998

3,455 K

temperature

6.01

apparent magnitude

520× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2V:

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,269 years

at light speed from Earth

0.60×

as hot as the Sun

520×

the Sun's light output

-1.94

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8707M-type

Sky regionCepheusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8803 →100 ly apart
HR 8808 →110 ly apart
HR 8490 →130 ly apart
HR 8648 →140 ly apart
1 Cas →150 ly apart
HR 9063 →180 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.