K-type star · orange

HR 8727

388 lybrightness mag 6.31G9III

Also catalogued as HD 216953 · HIP 113345

4,871 K

temperature

6.31

apparent magnitude

36.95× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G9III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

388 years

at light speed from Earth

0.84×

as hot as the Sun

36.95×

the Sun's light output

0.93

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8727K-type

Sky regionAquariusthis direction

Nearest stars

73Lam Aqr →21 ly apart
67 Aqr →32 ly apart
HR 8612 →38 ly apart
HR 8879 →44 ly apart
HR 8785 →44 ly apart
HR 8580 →46 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.