K-type star · orange

HR 8779

413 lybrightness mag 5.25K3III

Also catalogued as HD 218029 · HIP 113864

4,217 K

temperature

5.25

apparent magnitude

111× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

413 years

at light speed from Earth

0.73×

as hot as the Sun

111×

the Sun's light output

-0.27

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8779K-type

Sky regionCepheusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8598 →30 ly apart
HR 8851 →43 ly apart
24 Cep →52 ly apart
18 Cep →55 ly apart
HR 8568 →56 ly apart
HR 8990 →58 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.3To see it no equipment neededLook 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.