K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 8721

24.8 lybrightness mag 6.48K4Vp

Also catalogued as HD 216803 · HIP 113283 · Gliese Gl 879

4,528 K

temperature

6.48

apparent magnitude

0.13× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K4Vp

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

25 years

at light speed from Earth

0.78×

as hot as the Sun

0.13×

the Sun's light output

7.07

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8721K-type

Sky regionPiscis Austrinusthis direction

StarLacaille 876014 ly

StarHR 770314 ly

StarLacaille 935214 ly

Star18Eps PsAstar

Star23Del PsAstar

Nearest stars

Lacaille 8760 →14 ly apart
HR 7703 →14 ly apart
Lacaille 9352 →14 ly apart
EZ Aqr →15 ly apart
Eps Ind →15 ly apart
p Eridani →16 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.