K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 8857

253 lybrightness mag 6.44K0IV

Also catalogued as HD 219668 · HIP 114981

4,565 K

temperature

6.44

apparent magnitude

13.89× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

253 years

at light speed from Earth

0.79×

as hot as the Sun

13.89×

the Sun's light output

1.99

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8857K-type

Sky regionAndromedathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8884 →9.1 ly apart
15 And →28 ly apart
Veritate →29 ly apart
13 Lac →31 ly apart
11 And →37 ly apart
HR 8487 →49 ly apart

Bright stars in Andromeda

Alpheratz →mag 2.1
Mirach →mag 2.1
Almach →mag 2.1
31Del And →mag 3.3
Nembus →mag 3.6
Alfarasalkamil →mag 3.6
Udkadua →mag 3.8
37Mu And →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Andromeda

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.